09 Dec 08 Whoa I've been Lazy!

09 Dec 08 Whoa I've been Lazy!

Whoa I've been Lazy!  I've not posted in over a month and to those who have checked in, my apologies.  To summarize, for my R&R, I spent a weekend in Rome and then visited several places in the states and flew back to Frankfurt.  From Frankfurt I really lucked out and caught a military transport from Rammstein directly to Balad Air Base.  As a (puke) civilian I can ride military aircraft (milair) but as a civilian, I'm at the very lowest part of the totem pole when it comes to priority.  Contractors generally get one R&R every six months. This a company by company policy so some contractors get an R&R every 4 months.  Since I've not been in Rome in many, many years I stopped there to meet a friend who was traveling to Malta from the states.  Rome is quite a place.  It's a very old city and Ken and I toured the Vatican on Saturday and the Coliseum on Sunday and then I left for the states on Monday (we both arrived Friday night.)  Frankly with the euro-dollar exchange rate what it was, I'm not sure I could afford to be there much longer!  Anyway, here's a pic that Ken took of me at a statue at the Vatican.  People were rubbing the nose for good luck so I did the same.
R/Chris