Nope, Betsy, that wasn't me. But it is interesting to read the names. Of course, we don't know who was posting under all those fun names pre-reg, do we?

I'm sitting at my desk in my office working on a Sunday :( as I have to deliver 4 reports to clients next week but procrastinating on the Fodors Forum :)

Sitting at my computer at home, feeling quilty that I should be doing laundry, dishes, etc. but I'm not. I would rather be doing this. ;)

Sitting in front of my computers, listening to the air conditioning run, and wondering why my desktop machine has crashed six times in the last 24 hours.

At my computer... putting off my weekend chores!

Currently in Beijing, China at Tsinghua University, about 30 minutes north-east of Tian'an Men Square at my desk in a new dormitory building infront of my laptop. The air condtioning is on its max and someone is knocking on my door.

In Switzerland, wearing shorts and a tank top because the weather is so hot! I hear the train whistles and the cowbells in the background.

Oh, say it isn't so, Schuler. How hot do you mean? Must I assume that every June will be uncomfortably warm in my beloved Switzerland from now on? On my last visit in '02, I couldn't sleep because of the heatwave in Zurich. Can you give me some hope that we'll return to the days of yesteryear when I used to pack a wool sweater for my summer trips?

To participate in the thread topic, I'm recovering from surgery and trying out T-Mobile air card wireless and a new laptop. I'm only able to catch a wave (so to speak) about 50 percent of the time. Any thoughts or advice? Thanks all, J.

Hot! 30 degrees celcius. It's supposed to cool down to 25 C midweek. It's been a cold spring and now we have a heatwave. I love it!

I'm sitting at my home computer in Charleston, WV looking out at the ivy on my hill and the blue sky above. It is clear and very hot and I am dreaming about my second trip to Rome coming up in November.

Thirty degrees is hot? HAH!

Here in Phoenix, it was 45 a few days ago, and in 1990, it got to FIFTY.

I'd go to where you are to get <i>cool</i>! ;)

In Phoenix, everything is air-conditioned, and humidity tends to be low (which helps with air conditioning).

In Europe, air conditioning is scarce and underpowered, and humidity is high. So when temperatures are high in Europe, you're much more exposed to them than you are in Phoenix. In Phoenix, as long as you can avoid going outside, you can stay cool (usually); but in Europe, there is no place to stay cool, anywhere.

And yes, it will be like this from now on, thanks to global warming.

Today I had clients finish the day early because the heat outside (probably in excess of 100° F on the street) exhausted them too much to continue. That's a first, but I'm sure it won't be the last time.

We are in Florence, at the near terminus of a 2.5 week vacation in N. Italy. Ira- we hunted down Il Ritrovo, but, darn!, it's Monday and all we saw was the much venerated closed door. Rats!

Yes, there is a heat wave of sorts here right now; we are to escape tomorrow to spend our last day meandering in Chianti. Then it is back to our home in southern Orange County CA.

But we have seen so much this trip, and soooo much was positively influenced by the insight, memory, suggestions etc. from this board! We saw Nabucco in the arena in Verona, sunned in Lerici, sought out Saint Antimo for the Gregorian chants, took in the cypresses and sunset in the Crete south of Sienna, climbed a tower in San G., and saw the eel nets drying in the Po Delta. Thanks for the information we gleaned from the Fodorites!

Caio
Jane

I am on my 90 acre farm in Pennsylania.
In my tv room listening to my husband's tractors chopping hay and filling up the silo. 3:O

Taking a break from doing the wash and the ironing. It is so hot and humid here today, not terrible but we have on the air conditioner in the bed room running to keep upstairs from becoming uncomfortable.

My dog, Kiaya, ((&amp;)) is laying down next to me napping. She will want to go for her 3rd walk of the day as soon as I make one move off this chair.

We have walked down to check if the black raspberries are ripe yet (nope). And down the driveway to smell the pretty, fragrant trees that line it.

Maybe nest we will walk up the hill into the top field to see how high the corn has gotten.

I love lazy days off, and living out in
the country. &lt;):)

I'm home, in NYC on a beautiful sunny ((#)) 4th of July looking last minute for how to get from MXP to Milan since I cannot find where I wrote it when I first found it back in May. After the fireworks tonight, I will be dreaming of my trip. But first, I must get through writing all the proposals for work for the many different programs for which I need to raise money. Getting the info together is like herding cats! ((@))

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I'm in my &quot;den&quot; in beautiful, warm, sunny, breezy, Benicia, CA. From my kitchen window I can see the &quot;ghost fleet&quot; Navy ships in the Suisun Bay and as far as the Antioch Bridge.

This a.m. at Jazzercise I was fantasizing I was doing Jazzercise in Cannes where I was 3 weeks ago at this time. Don't know if they even have Jazzercise in Cannes - LOL!

Happy 4th Everybody - time to get ready to go to my friends' BBQ.

Just finished ironing..getting clothes together for short trip down to the Bay Area next weekend. I want to see my neice before she heads to Copenhagen for a year..she leaves next month. My brother will pick me up in Oakland Friday morning and then we are going to check out the Ferry Builing market and shops on the Embarcadero on our way back up to Sonoma County. The weather is perfect, my significant other has just picked a huge amount of ripe cherries off our tree. Wish I had more time to do something with them besides just eat them. Jelly would be nice and perfect for Christmas gifts..that pretty red color...not happening, but a nice thought. Going to grill some burgers and just hang out the rest of the day..take the dog of a walk later..more for me than the dog. (: Happy 4th everyone.

I'm in my little loft condo in Chicago, a flash thunderstorm warning blowing in. Will it end our summer drought? I leave for Italy in a week...after the BBQ, I think I will practice pack and do the 'take half as much' drill. Happy 4th!

Sitting in a mountain house with labs spilled out all around me, 76 degrees, nice and cool with breezes flowing through open windows and doors. My lunch guests just left and it was time to get back to storage unit work, but a nice rain started falling - so, it's French Onion dip time watching one of the best movies ever, Jeremiah Johnson. If the rain holds up then it's fireworks tonight in the valley. If not, then maybe Batman or Bewitched. But, right now I'm enjoying where I am and thinking I need to plan another trip out to the Rockies - maybe Utah - maybe Sundance.

Happy and safe 4th to all!

I'm in a boat on a river surrounded by
tangerine trees and marmalade skies. It's really quite nice. All around are cellophane flowers of yellow and green
towering over my head. I'm looking at a girl with the sun in her eyes. No, wait,
she's gone. We've just drifted by a bridge by a fountain. Interesting -- there are rocking horse people eating marshmallow pies there. How nice of everyone to smile as you drift past! Beautiful -- the flowers grow so incredibly high along here!

Unfortunately we have to start thinking about heading home to the city now, but as luck would have it I see a rank of newspaper taxis up ahead on the quay. Such a great day it has been -- my head's really in the clouds, and I can hardly wait to climb in the back of one and melt. The train would be cheaper, and we do so enjoy the plasticine porters with looking glass ties, but we'll splurge.

Now where did I put my sunglasses? God, it feels like I have kaleidoscope eyes!

Have a nice day.