Absolutely love your pictures. I fully intend to visit Italy one day.

Your marble mortar and pestle are identical in every detail to one
I've had for years. I managed to get it from a garage sale, a world
traveling neighbor had. I paid $7.00 (American) back then.

Myrl


On Oct 17, 6:17 am, Melba's Jammin' >
wrote:
> In article >,
> "Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote:
>
> > "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>
> > > I too, was impressed with the "Loot" you took home. I'm amazed that the
> > > customs officials didn't give you a "hard time" about it? Looks like you
> > > had a wonderful time, BTW.
> > > --
>
> > Customs only cares if you bring above the limits or some agricultural
> > products. We take an extra bag with us just to bring back the loot. I've
> > never had a bag opened for inspection.
>
> <grins> HWSRN decided to fill out the Customs form for both of us.
> Then gave it to me to look at. I adjusted the amount of money we spent
> on goods and checked the 'brought food' box, in spite of argument from
> him about it.
>
> I'm not interested in being fined for bringing illegal goods into the
> country so I don't do it and err on the side of caution on the
> declaration form just in case there's something I'm not clear about. I
> told the passport control agent that we were in disagreement about
> declaring anything and explained why. She circled 'food' and checked
> the box.
>
> When it was time to exit the area a customs agent came to look at our
> slip and we had a chat about our confusion and the form and what exactly
> I'd brought back with me. She said one ALWAYS needs to declare food (I
> was feeling so smug) and asked three or four times in two different ways
> if we had any meat with us. We did not. Nope. No, ma'am. Uh-uh, I
> know it's not allowed. And I told her what I did have. No problem. I
> didn't think there would be but, as I said, I like to err on the side of
> caution.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> Notes about our meals in Tuscany have been posted tohttp://www.jamlady.eboard.com;10-16-2007