If you follow this blog, you may very well know that each day I try to order two cappuccinos across the street in Italian. My goal is for no English to be spoken. In Italy, it is sometimes difficult to know if you should pay first or order first. Ask

Today is our 5th day in Rome. We've walked the streets of Trastevere to the point where it almost feels like home. We've crossed the bridge (Ponte Sisto, one of several over the Tiber) to see sites and monuments on a whim that people spend their

In Italy, every day starts with a cappuccino and perhaps a pastry (depending on how late we wake up and when we will be eating next). The weather is agreeable, but chilly, so I grab my coat and walk down the two flights of stairs from our humble apartment, and

The 3rd day of the new year was a good one. After our new morning routine, and a wee bit o work, we emerged onto the pool patio, where we were greeted by the many smiling faces who have become our friends. We laughed, we cheers’d, we had more

"And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been." - Rainer Maria Rilke Happy New Year, everyone! You made it. Another trip around the sun, and we're alive for it. Woohoo! Yesterday we woke up, drank coffee, tried to solve the

"Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray." ~ Rumi Yesterday was another cool and overcast day. We started our morning same as yesterday: sleeping in (windowless dungeon-style), followed by coffee and puzzle time while listening to