Coach Coale blogs from Norman about author Anna Quindlen, Ashley Battle blogs from Spain andTasha Butts and Monique Currie blog from Israel.

In some other European news, the UConn team travels to Italy over the Thanksgiving break, travelling to Sorrento and Rome to play a pair of exhibition games against teams from the Italian league. Apparently two vacationing UConn alumnae will meet up with the team and serve as *snrtle snrtle* chaperones *snrtle*: Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi. Watch out, Italia!