Day 1 - Saturday, September 8, 2001
We got up early and as it was snowing in Monument, we went to pick up the Cropseys. We met the whole group at DIA and had a quick light breakfast in the little "French" restaurant at the terminal. We flew Delta to Atlanta where we met the final couple to our group, Teresa and Joe Knight who live outside D.C. The flight from Atlanta to Rome was uneventful - the usual night flight with drinks, dinner, movie (Shrek The Movie), and then trying to get some sleep.