August 2003

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Another trip to Italy! This time: Stresa, Elba, and Pisa

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Before we go I have to set up my band again - in a tent! Our first stop is Stresa, where Daddy's friend Luigi has a fancy hotel
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Lea and I are waiting for our parents to check in See our room there? On a boat with Daddy
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On Isola Bella
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Back in our fancy hotel room I'd like to have breakfast on our balcony, please
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Our first sunset in Elba - that's the view from our house Even here I can put together drum sets. These metal chairs will work fine as drums
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Mommy shows us where we are
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I'm trying to teach Lea how to drum And she's teaching me how to water the plants
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Did Daddy scan in a postcard? No, this is real! Lea and I picking Rosemary for the dinner
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A view of our beach from our house - near Capoliveri Mommy and Pia
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Lea in her sailor outfit I have a somewhat matching outfit. We're getting ready to go out to dinner
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That's our breakfast table The sunsets here are great (but don't tell that to Nanny...)
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The steps connecting our part of the house to Jan, Pia, and Lea's part of the house Mommy and Pia both wearing polkadots - by chance! Ready for another 2-family dinner
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Some more pictures on our last morning. That's Selima holding Lea This is on our roof terrace, by the way
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Now we're on the car ferry back to the mainland
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I think you all know where this is I got a little model of the leaning tower to take home
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Unfortunately I have to be eight years old before I can climb the tower My conducting debut! That's me conducting the Blaskapelle Arnstorfer at the Arnstorfer Volksfest I conducted three pieces and would have kept going too, but then it was Roland's turn to conduct.
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Thanks, Daddy, for practicing with me! Maybe one of these years Daddy will take me to the Wagner Festpiele in Bayreuth