accord!

count me in!

Is this instead of the International 43T BM gathering that I am holding out for or as well as?

_{and either way am I invited?}

what is a chianti party? sounds like some sort of a secrect society.

If you want me to do the organising bit (book hotel and such) I’m very happy to do that and it can be easily done because one of my flatmates just happens to be from Lucca and used to work as a travel agent there.
How long do you plan to stay?

i think i’m having italian overcommitment problems. i want to go to Soundlabs again in July (if it’s on this year), and then back to Roseto to pick olives in October. maybe i should just move to eeetaleee?

i was kind of hoping we’d be able to find an earlier, pre-summer date – i’ll be in dire need of sun in a couple of months, and Lucca in August will be hot hot hot. of course, those of you coming from cooler climes will appreciate that, but hot hot hot Berlin is more than enough for me. (all we ever manage to do by day at Soundlabs is sit in deckchairs and swim. we haven’t even made it up the hill to Montepagano.) but i understand if pre-summer is difficult for you others.

I have never been to Italy, and have promised myself that 2009 would be the year. I have to do some family historical research, too.

Re. wines – I had a lovely Barbera this past week. It was only $7 here, so probably practically free in Italy! In other words, Chianti’s nice but there are lots of possibilities for changes of pace.

this is an open invitation, i might join you, but I can’t promise anything because August is so far away, I could have emigrated to the Moon by then. I’d love to go to one of these get-togethers once…

I’m so jealous!!
I’ll be out of Japan by August, but whether I’d have the dosheroons to join you remains to be seen…_{providing I get an invitation, naturally}

for August?

turns out that Soundlabs has shifted to the first weekend of September this year—so if you were thinking of the end of August, i might be able to combine the two!