I
become the biggest sports fan for whatever I am exposed to for the
moment. Sort of a lucky combination of being a stewardess for a major airline
and being able to travel the world for free has put me in a position to
be in the right places at the right time. This week I will be absorbed
in the World Baseball classic series as I am taking the USA team to
Toronto. Two weeks ago it was golf at the AT&T tournament in Pebble
Beach.
Last summer I was in New York City. My flight got in so late that the only room the hotel had left was the Penthouse suite. I am sure they balked, giving it to me who was paying nothing. I got in the elevator and happily pressed the PH button. The other two guys in the elevator commented on how the heck I got that room, how was it, how did I get so lucky. Later on I wandered down to the free coffee station and ran into the same two guys. They said instead of having coffee that I should join them and their friends in the bar. So I did. They said they played golf and not until I looked up at the TV in the bar and saw one of them being interviewed on ESPN, did I realize they were 'real PGA golfers.'
Brian and Maria Gabriella are Americans who live in Umbria part of the year. They’re opera singers and run a travel business on the side, which affords them some great travel perks as they check out possible adventures for their clients. They recently got back from a trip to Sicily and were regaling us with stories.