[quote=HollywoodMole]
You should probably just check all the parts of the suitcase, and unless a wheel is wrong or it's falling apart it should be fine. (Also, good luck in Italy, really good cities there)
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Yeah I thought it would probably be fine. It's pretty new and I've only used it a few times. Everything's in working order. 
[quote=Frizan]
Watch out for guys in white cloaks.
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I feel like this is a reference that I'm not getting. 
[quote=The Nexerus]
Either catch a cold or buy a pair of nose plugs before you get to Venice. The water in those canals is ever-so-slightly less filthy than raw sewage.Your tour guide will stress this enough so that it's pointless for me to tell you, but regardless: watch your wallet, especially in Rome.
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Yeah they've already warned us multiple times about pickpockets, especially since we'll be using public buses for transportation once we're there. On the up-side, we have unlimited-use bus passes for the time we're there. I'll be sure to stay alert.
[quote=ImANargleHunter]
Venice didn't smell when I went. Maybe I'm just stinky and used to it. Buy exclusively postcards as Christmas gifts when in Rome because there will be a ton of guys walking around the colliseum selling 50 for like a buck. Postcards and rosaries. Not sure how they are related.
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Post-cards are brilliant, I get them whenever I go anywhere. Not sure I need a dead Jesus on the cross to hang around my neck though, that's more of a catholic thing.

Though my grandma did knit me 12 feet of scarf for my last Christmas gift so I think she at least deserves something in addition to a post-card.