Thanks for thinking of us, Jamey, it sounds like a super adventure! We miss you too, and I hope you will share some images with us in a few weeks.

Any chance the gentleman carving a cameo let you photograph?

Jamey has been traveling in Italy with Maggie Meister, who does BeadVenture tours in Italy. She is a most dynamic personality and a talented artist, friendly and fun too! I see that her current tour in Italy begins tomorrow.

Here's Maggie's site:

http://www.mmmbeads.com/index.htm

She's an extremely talented seed bead artist whose work truly is collectible art.