70 lbs

Wow. No advice, but just imagine that 70lbs of fish getting lost in the baggage system for 6 weeks.

The upside is, no one will take your luggage.

Anyway, tell Dad to ship the fish. Yes, it costs something, but considering as you're going to be hitting the weight limit anyway, you might as well pay for it to be packed and delivered properly.

They have fish in Italy you know.

I can just see it, making the gift of fish to a cousin in a small town outside Roma.

Gee, uh thanks? Nice fish.


Angela! Come get this damn fish!
Why'd he bring us fish? How should I know?
Americans, he probably didn't think we had any here.

Here you go, Cousin Antonia. Tonight, we sleep with the mackerel.

Fish represent good fortune and prosperity so they really do make a nice gift.

But I too wouldn't want 70 pounds of them packed in my suitcase.

Is your dad sure that there won't be any problems simply bringing food into the country? That might give you an angle to convince him to ship the fish instead.

A man? Who can't fit all his worldly possessions into one carry-on? Is the world coming to an end? Whassup with that?

Boy, have I got a fish for you. When's your birthday, boomerang.

October 14.

So.... um..... what kind of fish do you have for me, roger?

I could so use some good fortune and prosperity!

Just the Catch of the Day.

Well okay then because, you, dear roger, are the catch of any day!

When I last went to Italy, I had one duffle bag for a month, so I could be mobile, taking lots of subways and trains, photographing in a fair number of cities.

I can see having two bags, with an empty bag for take home purchases tucked in to one of those two bags. But that's me.
That second bag would mean I would have to be taking taxis if I was moving from place to place..

But we're all different. My cousins went to a wedding of an old friend's daughter in Torino a few years ago, and I saw them off at the airport. They had this large cart, probably eight bags for the two of them, and they didn't go anywhere, even to see Torino itself - spent the whole ten days or so scheduled around the old friend's life related to meal functioning in her family villa.
Thus they didn't need to worry about mobility.

Sounds like you are going there as a family.. which I guess can be a wonderful experience. On the fish, I'd have it flash frozen and packed in the right kind of styrofoam (or whatever) insulated ice chest containers with dry ice (?), totally separate from the luggage. But hey, what can you do with family..

The fish are not all the same.. they're not the same within the US, much less across the Atlantic. I gather Sicily has, or had, great swordfish and tuna. Northern California has - or had - incredible wild salmon....

There is also a chance italian family won't like fish they are not used to...

Boomer's right, maybe ital customs won't let the fish in. I dunno.

I know I bought some ciangiale (spelling?) wild boar sausage at the Rome international terminal and had it spirited away when I went through US Air (don't ask) customs in Pittsburg... They either let by or didn't mind my artichoke seeds...

12 suitcases including- 70 lbs of fish?....hmmm good luck I hope you get through customs with all that fish...besides how long is your flight? and will all this fish stay frozen?

Years ago my ex and I went to La Paz in Baja for a four day stay and it turned out most of the other people on the plane were flying there to go fishing. There were lots of serious looking ice chests at baggage claim, presumably hefty with dry ice, or I bet they got dry ice there in La Paz.

Does your dad know you can buy fresh fish in Italy? There are always a chance for flight delays and missed flights if there are any connections between your home city and your destination in Italy.

Fish? You should ask him why, fish? Sounds like there might be some sentiment attached to it.

Sentiment, or sharing..

or, maybe, see, this is better!!!

Sharing, probably.

To hell with everything else. You can get clothes and toothbrushes anywhere.

Do you think he would bring just any fish. I bet you it's extra special fish for his family. Clothes shoes etc,etc,.....Baghhh.

Dads know whats up. He'll give them a fish fry and the'll give him clothes and everything he needs. Then everybody will lagh and the'll never forget the fish your dad brought.