I'm in Rome!

So nice to be here, staying with my friends Gianni and Federica in their lovely apartment near the Borghese Gardens. I'm jet lagged, bed is calling, and I'm having trouble with this Italian keyboard, so I'll keep this short, but had a very easy trip over the ocean, had some good gelato (my first of the trip) and had a pizza dinner out nearby with another friend who joined us. It was nice to listen to Italian swirling all around me. One of these days it will just sink into my skin and I'll know how to speak it. But for the moment, bed is calling.

Tomorrow, an all day walk, stopping at all my favorite haunts.

Ciao!
Paola