Hanging out in Italy

Greetings from France! We arrived last night and have spent today hanging out in this lovely village. We have internet access here, so count on more regular posts! Plus, we are in Normandy - Elijah's list of places to see is long and involved! Count on hearing from him as well.

Not having internet access in Italy was a bummer! The posts we were able to load were done in the car wherever we could find wifi! This was a post I had written a couple of days ago, so I figured I will put it here before we start writing about our latest adventures!

Our Italian domestic scene
Wanted to share a few shots of the house we stayed in outside of Rome. It has been fun staying in different houses and living like a local (or as much like a local as we can, not speaking the language!) We spend our days sight-seeing, but are home in the evening for a home-cooked dinner, which gives us a few hours of down time before bed.

Our apartment is one one of two on the lower floor of the Bella's home

working on their trip journals



Living area at Canale Monterano

 Even though we packed light, each of us brought a couple of books and is keeping a scrapbook of mementos from the places we visit. We also have a deck of cards to pass the time.

Just like in Germany, alittle TV has kept us entertained regardless of the language barrier. Here we have laughed our way through Italian MTV - they have a strange fascination with really bad 80's rock videos. I mean, REALLY bad. Think Alice Cooper and Poison. The hair and outfits are hilarious, but yeah, it's in English and we can understand what they are saying (is that a good thing?).

For Joe:

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