On Tuesday afternoon we left Dallas, Texas and headed for Canzo,
Italy, the home of
Francesco and
Nuccia Rinaldi, to stay for a few days visiting and then picking up an Icaro
glider in Laveno (an hour and a half to the west) on Friday to fly in the
upcoming pre-Worlds. We also hope to fly with Flavio Tebaldi in Laveno on the
weekend and go to Bassano del Grappa on Monday.

Three quarters of our luggage, including my harness and flying gear, and all of
Belinda's luggage, did not arrive with us in Zurich on Wednesday. The Swiss Air
baggage people were very nice, and we hope to have everything back soon.
Otherwise, well, it would be difficult to fly.

We (not Swiss Air) tracked down the bags and they were left in the United
domestic terminal in Chicago. We called Swiss Air back told them where to find
the bags. Thanks to the internet we were able to contact United baggage support
(likely in Bangalore) and they had the baggage tracked.

Franco and Nuccia Rinaldi's (and families) home in Conzo (near Como):

Built by Franco, his father and brother.