Finally!

For those of you who thought you might like to follow what's happening on my trip, I'm finally doing it!

Arriving here at 7:30 in the morning Wednesday (1:30 am our body time) made for a very long day, but one that gave us a chance to to really cram in a lot of  good stuff starting with a cappuccino and cornetto (croissant) at caffe Farnese near our apartment.  Our energetic and delightful landlady treated us while she cleaned the apartment.  We walked around and took in the Campo di Fiori daily market.

Well, as soon as figure out how to post photos (the blog headings are coming up in Italian???) I will post some of the photos I've taken.  In the meantime, our first day, of course included .....churches.  Yes, in case you aren't aware, there are churches everywhere!!!  Small churches, big churches, old churches, older churches and really old churches.

We walked and we walked....to give you a perspective...our apartment is at the Piazza Farnese (the Farnese is a palace that houses the French Embassy...more to follow on that later)... We found our way to the Piazza Navona which wasn't very far at all.  We had the obligatory espresso at a caffe and walked some more.  Maria was totally awed by the Pantheon, as are so many.  When you consider that it is over 2,000 years old, it is mind blowing.   We found our way to the Trevi Fountain, which is under repair, but Maria managed to through a coin and make a wish.  Walking, walking, walking to the Spanish steps, again the fountain in front is under repair also, but we managed to get more photos, etc.