Packing for trip

All done packing Ninja Style ;)






The Ninja

Music to Travel By

A good traveller knows just the right set of music to bring on their travelling mix tape.

As a follow up to "Indie Rock and Jazz in China" and "Daft Punk and DeadMouse in Bangkok" i present to you "60's Rock in Italy". The juxtapose is perfect.




The Ninja

Which luggage to use?

Ok now comes the important choice of luggage.

Choice 1: My black army duffel bag, hoorah ..
Choice 2: My soft luggage with in-line skate wheels.
Choice 3: My President Epic soft case luggage.
Choice 4: My backpackers haversack.

Here are the things i look for in my check in luggage.

1. Must weight 4kg or less since airline quota is 20kg.
2. Must be able to absorb the shock of luggage volleyball.
3. Must have durable wheels.
4. Must look cool else really whats the point.

For hand carry ons. There is only one type for me.
"The canvas saddle bag"

For this trip ill go with choice 3 cause its "EPIC" and Bay-Watch Red.

The Ninja

Yogi Ninja

A wise yogi once said

"You better cut the pizza in four pieces,
because I'm not hungry enough to eat six. "

And here is what i plan to eat in Italy

pagnotta

pane laziale

pane e panelle

pane cui cazzilli

pane siciliano

scamorza affumicata

mozarella di bufala

gnocchi alla romana

gnocchi

orecchiette cime di rapa

broccoletti

calzone

panzerotti

pizza al taglio

grom gelato

polenta con fonduta

parmigiana di melanzane

anelletti al forno

salsiccia siciliana

pasta con le sarde

granita siciliana

gelato con la brioche

cannoli

cassata

arancini

sfincione

basta così? mai!

The Ninja
"Non rinunciare mai arrendersi!"

The Plan

So after much discussion, here is the draft plan for our invasion of Italy.

21 – 23 Sept: Deda’s home and farm house.

24 - 25/26 Sept: We hit Rome.

27 - 29 Sept: We act like godfathers in Sicily.

30 - 2 Oct: Its Turin time.

3 – 6 Oct: Nipples .. opps Naples .. Florence .. Sienna.

The Ninja

Siena is with one "n" you meatball!

The pirate

If you noticed the notes goldfish took it had two "n"s [see picture] and Narpies
INMF The Ninja :D

I can see you're already in the Italian spirit: blaming it on others!

Whatever happened to "do not panic, google it"! LOL

=_= The pirate

Tickets are set, clyda's not deaf and the itinerary is printed

Funny story about the deaf goldfish, booked her ticket with the disability "Deaf" checked as a joke, i mean whats the worst that can happen right ... she doesn’t get a pair of those free earphones :) . Besides the ones you get on the plane are pretty shitty anyways. So i double checked today and her ticket is fine (you can call off the assassins now).

Now these days when you buy tickets online they issue you an "E-Ticket" immediately after you hit the submit button. And yes I got charged a large sum of money to my credit card 1.376 secs after that. Airlines are bloody efficient when it comes to getting money from you, and when you ask for a full refund, it takes two weeks -.-



Now it has occurred to me just how much thought I put into committing to travel 10,022 KM ( Kris flyer card expired -.- .. damn yoooou ) to a land I have never been before, be charged a large sum of money to my credit card and have no clue what to pack or what to expect … seriously if you want to know … the time it took me to have my morning cup of coffee walking into my soon to be travel companions office and BLAMOOOOO we are going to Italy.

Yes I am “RANDOM” personified, and that’s how I roll \m/ -.0

So back to the tickets, I got us great seats on the plane. [See below]



Deda is at 1 because she likes to be along the aisle, Clyda is at 2 and just next to the toilets because she has a drinking problem and I am at 3 because I want to see god.

The Ninja

We gotta buy the ticket.

Alright guys, I need a break... hopefully going for reservice won't be too stressful.

I am so delirious this is what I come up with in TOON BOOM tranining class.

Pirate out... see you on Monday, we have to buy internal flight tickets.

The Pirate