Hello from Rome!

To start: Alatalia sinks to the bottom of my list of airlines! Hot, crowded, aisles so narrow even Trey couldn't walk them without brushing against people on either side! We arrived in Rome sleepless, but excited! All attempts to stay up the first night and adjust to the time change disappeared when we fell asleep at 6 p.m. - and, of course, found ourselves wide awake at 3 a.m.!

All that having been said, the day has been filled with grand adventure, the morning structured according to Trey's wished: the Pantheon ("I love temples!") and the Michaelangelo Moses... With an ice cream break outside the Colosseum...









The afternoon we joined up with the tour and explored the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and the Palatine...




Trey's comment: "Rome is really old on the outside, but on the inside it's pretty normal!"
And the learnings:
Economics: "Why when I gave them $100 did I get only $70 euros? And why did they charge you $6 to make the exchange? Why don't all countries just use the same money?"
Electricity: how to keep the lights on in your room (keep the key card in the slot); how to charge your iPad (use a converter and an adapter!)
Narrow streets, smokers, people driving and parking on sidewalks, lots of motorcycles...


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Location:Rome