Good afternoon, Lynn, and welcome to Tripatini! Great to have you with us -- and we think you'll find our site productive as well as interesting and enjoyable.

To get the most out of Tripatini, you may want to take a moment to join several of our many groups which you may find of particular interest, such as Travel Marketers/Publicists, Virginia, Italy, Africa Safaris, Online Corner, Resorts Corner, Hotels/Motels, Eating/Drinking the World, various U.S. state groups, and plenty of others covering many topics and most destinations across the globe.

FYI, on your profile you'll see a green bar marked "Text Box," which you can turn into a box containing not just text but also photos and even videos about yourself, your interests, your travels, and your teaching and consultant work.

Finally, if you would, please be so kind as to spread the word among your travel-interested friends, family, colleagues, associates, clients, and students. It's fast and easy to use our "INVITE" function above left on the navigation bar to enter e-mails (even your whole list at once!).

Thanks much for joining us, Lynn; we wish you an outstanding rest of 2009 and look forward to seeing you online.

Cheers!