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Day Twenty: Italy here we come...

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Today was our as Jen put it "taking care of business" day. I was on a mission to find a fascinator (a british hat), so we went to a shopping area close by, and I found one! Then we packed up and boxed up our souvenirs from Scotland and England to send home before we flew to Italy. As I explained in a previous post, it was necessary for us to send stuff home because our bag would have been over the weight limit of 44lbs. Plus it was nice not to have to carry extra stuff around, especially when we were traveling without a car (i.e. planes and trains). We found our way to a post office and mailed our stuff, then went to say farewell to Phillip at the hosptial. He was in school that day, he met us down in the lobby then took us up to the top floor, where his school was, for an amazing view of London. The hospital (Guy's Hospital) is one of the tallest hospitals in the world.   After we said our goodbyes we took the tube to the airport, picked up our stored bags an