i've found a web cam of the little town MWYS is going for his workshop in italy -- it's at http://www.vitton.it/webcam/camsauze.jpg -- right now it's night there, so i can't see what's what, but i'll be checking it out tomorrow!

as it turns out his united flight had a mechanical delay which caused them to get to the alitalia gate just 20 minutes before lift-off and their seats had been given to someone else so they missed the connecting flight to milan and are stuck in boston this evening. the husband was really p.o.'d about it.

i just hope the rest of the trip goes okay so they don't miss any of the conference. from milan they have an hour and a half bus ride to turin, then another bus ride (about an hour, i think) to sauze d'oulx. that leaves plenty of room for mishaps, but whatever happens i just hope it's enjoyable!