[Chad Fairbanks]

I have yet to meet a person who could get a passport in 5 days

Hi! Now you have! Believe it or not, I got my passport issued overnight... Bottom line is, you can pay a higher fee for a 'rush' job... :0)

[mountaineer]

I hadn't heard about the passport, but that raises another question: why the urgency to travel to Italy in the middle of the school semester?