First Glimpses Of Rome

The plane we flew in and the stairs we walked down when we first set foot in the Eternal City. We were FINALLY THERE. In Europe. In Italy. In Rome. What an adventure! And then it became even more of an adventure when the cab driver wasn't there waiting for us like he had arranged to be and we had to figure out how to get to our apartment when none of us speak a word of Italian.

When we did arrive at our apartment we had to wait for someone to come and let us in. So we sat in the courtyard on the cobblestone streets and waited, still trying to wrap our heads around the fact that we were really and truly there.

And then the exploring started. And we set off walking down the streets and all of a sudden, there was the Colosseum in the distance. We could just walk from our apartment to the Colosseum and to the Forum and to Palatine Hill. Imagine it! And that was just the beginning. That was just our very first day.

And that day is now four years in the past, and sometimes it seems hard to believe until you see the pictures and see just how LITTLE everyone was. Lots and lots of things have happened in those four years, but the three weeks that started four years ago today were still some of the best of my whole life.