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Hi Matthew,
If you typically go to Italy for six weeks, I doubt you'd have enough room for a small telescope and useable mount, unless you flew with Emirates which allow 30kg in check-in luggage (32kg if you pay extra). That way you could take 10kg more than with other airlines, and you and your partner could take some 20kg more than other airlines allow - but there is the the snag that this won't work if you have to then use connecting airlines with other carriers (and also, my wife would have a fit if I told her 10kg in her bag would be devoted to my telescope).
In the end I gave up, and just bought a 5" reflector over there, and left it there with the relatives.
The biggest problem in Italy is finding somewhere dark, as they seem to be afraid of the dark - with nearly every power pole having a light on it.
Regards,
Renato
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