What does this picture say to you? Well if you are part of the District 5150 team - this is the official start of the "Love, Sex, American Express" dance. The dance started because two of our team members, Wendy and Tim, were driven back by our District Chair Host, Allesandro Lolli, from the Ferrari Museum in his BMW Convertible with a very popular song in Italy playing over....and over....and over....for a total of 20 minutes until Tim asked how long the song was. This song became an instant story and memory and this picture was taken as they replayed the scenario for the rest of the team and "Lolliwood" - as we like to call him.

So let me back up a bit. After Padova - we were taken to the city of Mestre - which is basically the suburban city of Venice. Our van dropped us in front of the Laguna Palace and all we could think was - where the heck are we?? This building is extermely modern with all glass covering the exterior - very different from all the ancient buildings we had seen. And boy were we happy when we got into our hotel rooms - so much room!!! And so many mirrors - we ladies were very happy!!

At the conference, we met many lovely Rotarians who welcomed us with warmly and listenly aptly while we and the Italian GSE teams gave our presentations. This was about our 10th time giving a presentation, so it went off without a hitch. The Italian team gave a GREAT presentation that we got to see for the first time on their visit to District 5150. Filippo did a summary page with statistics and numbers on all things that he collected during their visit. I wish I could remember the numbers - especially the number of pins he collected - I vaguely remember it being around 40!! It was such an entertaining presentation - the crowd ate it up.

After our presentations, we were treated a lovely, but quite long dinner at the restaurant of the hotel. There were about 7 courses and dinner didn't start until 9pm. Needless to say, some fun ensued at the "GSE" table....I think these pictures speak for themselves....

CIAO Amicis!!!! (If you remind me later - I'll demonstrate in person how I said this everytime we gave our presentation)....Jess