The Rest of Our Italy Trip

My parents showed up Saturday night. We had a great dinner while
they were half-awake from jet lag.

The next day we went to Pratto to catch a few sessions of General
Conference. It brought back a lot of memories from Spain. The
chapel was very similar to what you would find in a small Spanish
town. I was able to attend Priesthood Session and we caught the
Saturday afternoon session Sunday afternoon. The rest of the
sessions we got on the internet. It was pretty amazing to be able to
catch all of Conference half-way around the world.

Monday the ISUOG conference started for me. Holly and Dot took off
for Pisa while Dad and I were in various meetings. That was pretty
much the pattern for the next couple of days - Holly and Dot went to
Pisa, Fiezole and shopping while Dad and I went our various ways at
the conference. We usually had dinner all together.

Tuesday night we attended the Conference Gala which was held in an
Italian palace. The highlight of the night was Holly and Pops
dancing. Conference attendees everywhere were snapping photos like
crazy.

The next day Holly and I headed home.

What were the highlights? The food was amazing. There was nothing
that was bad. It was just varying degrees of excellent. Our
favorites were the tomato and mozzarella at Gombi 13, pizza in Siena,
gellato at least two times a day and crescents filled with nutella
for breakfast. The Boboli gardens, Duomo, Siena, Academia (where
Michelangelo's David is) and Ponte Vechio were also spectacular. It
was great just walking through the city.

It was just the right amount of time too. We were ready to return
home but well rested. Holly's mom watched the kids and it seemed
like she had survived just fine. At least she put on the appearance
that she had.

If you want to see some of the photos from our trip go to:

<http://gallery.mac.com/gdevore