Here. Safe. Sound.

Ciao tutti!

We are finally here and kind of settled in. We have no internet, but Stef has been surviving without it better than I thought ;)

Right now we have no pictures to send, mostly because our cameras are out of batteries (go figure), and we still have to buy some adaptors for our chargers. The area we live in is really different than where I was last year, and I freaked a bit, but after walking around a lot we found everything we needed right in our neighborhood.

The funny thing is that our piazza is sort of the MSG of Rome. There is constantly some concert being set up there. This week, MTV Italia is hosting TRL right outside our window, so all we hear during the day is a bunch of screaming Italian teenagers singing along to Avril Lavigne. Next week there is a HUGE concert there with a bunch of famous Italian pop artists, so we are probably going to have a bit of trouble getting around that day. Boh!

The bus that we take all the time drives us right next to the Colisseo every day, so we've been developing our relationship with the building... last night on our way home we walked right up next to it to touch the walls... nothing quite like running your fingers across ancient Rome.

Still a bit nervous about making some money for rent, but I think we'll be okay. I'm hoping to save up enough to buy a vespa, because every single time I see one (which is like, every 4 seconds) I realize how convenient they are (as well as pretty awesome and fun to ride... wouldn't I look so cute on a little shiny red vespa with a camel colored leather seat?).

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAnyway, things are going good... meeting new people already and just enjoying good food and wine. Ummm, Roma is amazing.