Jan 31, 2012

We are getting excited about spending two months in Rome. I went to the library and got a couple of books. I bought an Italian/English dictionary to try and work on my Italian. I’ve been doing research online, including re-reading our posts that we wrote about our experiences during our two previous visits to the Eternal City. Some highlights: “If...

Jan 6, 2012

Rome’s Piazza Navona at dusk. Announcement! Announcement! Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnouncement! After much deliberation, we have decided that we will be spending two months in Rome, Italy this spring. This will be our third consecutive year visiting the Eternal City, and we couldn’t be more thrilled. We have plane tickets and an apartment booked. We arrive...

Mar 27, 2011

Since we’ve been in Rome I haven’t been blogging as much as I would like due to having way too much stuff to see/do/eat – and the fact that a lot of the things I’ve been photographing have been covered in posts from our visit to Rome last spring. So, today I decided I would write a quick blog post and just stuff in a huge pile of...

Mar 25, 2011

Captions (left to right): Running on the street in front of St Peter’s Basilica and Vatican City, a group of runners passing in front of the monument in Piazza Venezia, me and my finisher’s medal after completing my first marathon. This past Sunday I had the privilege of running the 17th annual Maratona di Roma. It was a fabulous and unforgettable...

Mar 22, 2011

Captions (clockwise from top left): Trevi Fountain, Carey at the Roman Forum, St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City all lit up at night, Arch of Constantine. Today we’re going to do something a bit different. Last week our dear friend Carey came and visited us in Rome on her spring break. We asked her to write a little something about her experiences...