Italia!

You'll notice that the 4th word across in today's puzzle is 

ITALY, 

a reminder that July 29th will be here in no time, 

and my Napoli adventure with SIL Debrino 

will be starting to unfold. 

  

And, Sawyer put his stamp of approval on my new 

Italia-Shoes, 

"made with love" in Italy.  

I plan to break them in over the next several weeks, 

so they can serve me well on the adventure. 

They are very exotic AND practical, 

if that's possible. 

~Sera