Mission accomplished

First - found my hat. Was in the lost and found at the bar - which I checked several times. Don't ask. Anyway - found my hat.

Second - made my way back to the road to the mountains of Eastern Europe to locate the succubus in question. The details of the fight are as uninteresting as the fight itself, so I won't bore you with those. Bottom line, Carl's 'stick' invention worked.

So now, on my way back to Rome. Think I'll make a little stop at milliways_bar first.