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P. S. : this is just a selection of the many contributions I received, I apologize to the ones not presented here, when I'll become the owner of GOOGLE.COM I promise all will be posted !!!

Jan 2011

Last September while I was walking along the aisle on the coach, I noticed a nice lady very busy in handling something strange.

She looked very happy of what she was doing, and that attracted my curiosity.

It was then that I ( and the rest of that group too !!) met the creativity of Jean Jusko. Her sketchbook always handy, watercolors ready in every condition, the eternal smile transmitting joy and the incredible views Italy can offer : the results are very pretty sketches, especially enjoyable for their freshness, snapshots of Italy definitely not digital !! ( thanks Lord !! ).

GET-“The World’s Most Leisurely Tours” presents: The Adventures of SuperGuide!

Faster than a speeding Vespa! More powerful than a group of shopping, sinning women! Able to break up traffic jams with a single finger!

(“Look! Up in the front of the bus! Is it a yellow hat? Is it a stand up comedian? It’s SuperGuide!”)

Yes, it’s SuperGuide…a strange Italian from a small village, who came to GET with powers and abilities far beyond those of the inferior tour guides!

SuperGuide…who can name the course of all the rivers, change batteries with his bare hands, and who, disguised as Riccardo Panareo, a mild mannered tour guide for the Grand European Tour Company, tells a never-ending story of truth, made up facts and the Italiano way!

And now, another exciting tour will begin with, SuperGuide!

We hope this story of our SuperGuide will make it on to the "Piano, Piano" page. If you can put the photos on the page with the story it would be great. Thanks again for every wonderful feat that you performed for our group....Seguace di Superman! (I hope this translates into, Follower's of Superman!)

Grazie, Natalie & Gene Boerger ( Grand Italia, 15 Sept 2010 )

Buon giorno Follower's of Superman!

I hope I have typed all of your email addresses correctly. If not, I guess you will not receive this note and I will have to decipher the address page again.

How are all of you? Is everyone back on their own time zone and into your routines? We are back to reality and on schedule, sad to say. It was such a wonderful trip and fun vacation that it was hard to get back to work, bills, and everyday life. But that is what vacations are for-to escape the everyday lifestyles and enjoy the dream.

We just wanted to say thank you to all of you for making this such a memorable and great trip for us. We loved Italy and we had so much fun on the bus with all of you.

We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into-6am wake-up calls, 100 to 200 yard hikes, miles of stairs, history lessons according to Riccardo (documents upon request), breathtaking views, quaint villages, meat and cheese breakfasts, vinno by the gallons and all of the new friends to meet. Whew! It was a crazy two weeks and we would love to do it all over again:}

We have been going through some of the 2,000 or so pictures that Gene snapped and are trying to organize them in a manner that we could share with our friends. We will try to send some to each of you once we have them in order. There are some duplicates and out of focus ones to delete and we need to label them as soon as we can, least we forget. I tried to write down a summary the day after we returned and it was hard to remember already. Thank goodness for our little grey, itinerary book to help us along. We couldn't believe all that we had seen and how many places we had been in such a short time. What was the mileage again? I thought it was 1,934, but please correct me if I am wrong.

We hope that all of you enjoyed your trip as well and will look back on it with fond memories. We are so grateful that we had such a wonderful, knowledgeable and gracious guide as Riccardo. We really think he has the super powers of Superman to keep a group together for two weeks through all of Italy.

Please send us notes and pictures if you like. We would love to share stories and relive the trip over and over again. Perhaps we will meet again on another bus in a foreign country in the future. One can only hope! Let us know if you have checked out the "Piano, Piano" page and if you know how to post new photos and information. It looks as though Riccardo receives the emails and then posts them himself? Not sure, so let us know if you have a better idea.

I, too, have been thinking of the new tour this past week and remembering where we were on that day and wondering how the new group is fairing. I am sure they are not as well behaved and easy going as our "Yellow Hat Troop". After all, Riccardo did praise us at the end of the trip and tell us how special we were. He couldn't possibly say that to all of the tours...could he? Let's say not. We were special and we know it-HAHA

Please keep in touch and give us a holler if you are ever in the Nashville area. We live on Old Hickory Lake and love to go boating in the summer. We call our home

the "Boerger Bed & Beverage". I have made a lifestyle choice and do not cook:} We always have clean beds and plenty of beverages in the refrigerator, but just don't expect the breakfast like in Italy. Although,come to think of it, bad eggs, meat and cheese may be right up my alley!

Thanks again for sharing in our vacation and we hope you all enjoyed yourselves as much as our family.

Ciao for now!

Natalie & Gene , TN 37066

Hi all, hope you got home safe and sound and still have the memories of Italy fresh in our mind!

It was a fabulous vacation and it was wonderful getting to know each of you! Here's some of my pictures from the experience! Thanks for making it even more special!

I am pleased to show in these pages two more wonderful poems ( besides the one that Bev and Jim Blatchley

- from Grand Italia Tour last April 2010 - already sent us ) that were presented on our Farewell Dinner in Rome at the end of a fantastic trip this May .

My goodness, my gracious, how fast the time flies!

I can’t believe our days in Italy have almost gone by!

What a delight it has been to meet all of you -

And enjoy what this beautiful country has allowed us to do.

Rome, Florence, Venice, Assisi and the Isle of Capri

Sorrento, Verona, Stresa and the coast of Amalfi!

San Gimignano, Siena, Lugano and more …

And along the way we’ve learned so much history and folklore!

So, tonight, especially, we thank “our” Vincenzo – hooray!

And we thank dear Riccardo for keeping track of us all these days.

Vincenzo, our friend, you’ve driven us thousands of miles -

safely and kindly and always with that smile!

And Riccardo- “Piano, piano, seniorae” with your hat so yellow

You certainly are a very special fellow!

For your direction, friendship and knowledge surpassed most by far

Of ANY tour director in Italy – How SPECIAL you are!!!

So as we bid you ALL a fond farewell -

We thank you and we’ll miss you - it sure has been swell!

We will NEVER forget our time here with you …

Good health, happy traveling and best wishes to ALL of you!!!

GRAND ITALIA

Grand Tour of Italy - Nov 2008

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