I'm 53, which is great and young, but I have a lot of things I want to do. I've probably got 20 good years of traveling with my good hips and good knees and all that.At some point you can't visit everywhere you want. You really have to start scratching things off the list because they're not going to make the next 20 summers.

r. It was much more informal than I expected but I should have known Italy has their own way. I told my agent the offer. She called them to present it, nothing in writing. They countered, again nothing in writing. I agreed at €57,000. It was a yes over the phone, a modern handshake deal.