Summer To Fall...

...in a few hours!

It was sunny and humid with temperatures in the 30s (approaching 90˚F) while we were in Amalfi. As our flight approached Basel this past Saturday, we felt our tans fading VERY quickly as the captain announced that it was 13˚C (about 55˚F) and raining in Basel.

Oh...and speaking of our flight...

Here's a note to people flying with infants:

I understand that when you make baby talk in an irritating, high-pitched voice, in Italian, with an occasional CUCKOOOOOOOOO thrown in as extra torture, in the seat immediately behind mine during THE ENTIRE FLIGHT FROM NAPLES TO BASEL, you are just trying to keep your infant grand(?)child from crying. However, at some point (after about three seconds), I assure you that every person on the plane is wishing that you would just SHUT THE HELL UP AND LET THE BABY CRY!

Oh....My....GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWD!

I'm glad I didn't pay attention to the pre-flight safety instructions because had I known how to open the emergency door (we were sitting in the exit row), I probably would have ripped the door open (after making sure Mrs. TBF was buckled in, of course) and jumped to the peaceful sound of rushing air for a minute or two...before splattering on the rocky peak of some random mountain in the Alps.

Anyway...

Here are some pictures from Amalfi.

Scotland Photo Gallery...

I'm back at home (with King glued to my side) after a great trip to Scotland. The door-to-door trip home took about 11.5 hours, but...I made it. I made the trip alone (...maybe that's why it seemed to take forever!) because Mrs. TBF and Jeanette moved on to St. Andrews for a work meeting. Mrs. TBF will return home tomorrow night.

Here's a picture of the three of us enjoying a late afternoon tea at our hotel in Edinburgh. Well, at least they were enjoying tea - I'm a coffee drinker! If you want to see more pictures from our trip, you can check out a bunch of them right here.*

*Seeing that I've been paying for a .Mac account now for nearly three years, I figured it was about time to expand my horizons beyond e-mail and explore the many offerings such as the Web Gallery. Let me know what you think!