July: Italy

July, 2004

Claiming an effort to teach Troy a little history, Santa suggested Italy as their next destination. It has been discovered, however, that Santa's choice of history involved visiting all of the wineries..er, "grape gardens"... in the country. Troy did manage to convince the jolly elf that there actually are other things in Italy besides its magnificent wine. (It is understood that a good deal of this convincing came after one particularly tasty wine proved Santa's undoing and Troy found out that Santa does have his un-jolly moments.) After they finally managed to leave the lush green valleys of grapes, the two men had a very good time exploring the old monuments and cities full of rich heritage.