The Arrival

Since our arrival we've really been moving on all cylinders. A crazy schedule, but not an unwelcome one. We began our activities in Rome with a tour of the Trastevere neighborhood (across the Tiber from Rome proper and where we'll be living for the next nine days), learning the history of this Rome-outside-Rome which eventually lead us to a group dinner and stumbling across the Pantheon close to 11:00 PM, I haven't had a chance to catch my breath. Maybe some of the jumble is jet-lag related so we'll see how that goes tomorrow when we visit the Leonardo Da Vinci museum in the Piazza del Popolo.

Our apartment in Rome is far more spacious than I had anticipated, three reasonably-sized bedrooms with a common area and a kitchen! Should be a good setup for group dinners and the like! It also allows us to have a pleasant home base from which to continue our explorations of the ancient city.

I could go on for a little bit about the wonderful 5-course meal that still has me reeling or maybe touch on the change in goods sold by those people who continuously pester you with flashy lights and toothy grins but I simply don't have the strength. I'll check back in tomorrow! For now, enjoy the Pantheon...