We’re here! I can hardly believe it. I can hardly believe I have the energy to type anything at all. I have entered the hallucinatory phase of jet lag. I did not sleep at all on the plane. Why? Well, the flight landed at about 7am Roman time. This is midnight in the Midwest, and that, my friends, is when I usually go to bed. So I have been awake for about 27 hours straight now. I am swimming through a thick sea of jet lag where everything seems to be moving slightly, and I can’t believe it isn’t even 5pm yet as I type this. I will never make it to a respectable bedtime. I shudder to think what this entry would look like without spell-check.
We took a taxi from the airport to the apartment. I don’t think I have ever been in a Roman taxi before. In fact, I am sure of it, because I don’t think I would ever have forgotten it. First of all, let me just say that the taxi drivers at the airport drive Mercedes sedans. Nice. Then, I decided very early in the trip that the best way to avoid a full-blown panic attack was to think of it as a cross between an amusement park style thrill ride and a video game. I have never seen anybody drive like this guy. Lane markers meant nothing to him, even when they were separating us from THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. As if that wasn’t enough, I don’t think he ever dropped much below 50 mph in the city. You really had to see it to believe it. And I am so glad I saw it, and survived it. And now that I have survived it, I must admit, it was pretty impressive.
Our apartment is nice. It’s a little chilly, or maybe that’s just me. I am always cold when I am tired. We have actual working radiators though, so that’s a good thing. I will try to take some pictures this weekend and post them.
We went for a walk this afternoon and ate at the very traditional Roman restaurant called McDonalds. I know, I know, there is no excuse for that. But the C-man hardly ate a thing on the plane and neither did Princess O, and I wanted to be sure they would eat. Tomorrow we will meet P and M and Friends 1 & 2 for lunch. We will try something more adventurous then. Like maybe a cheese sandwich.
Next on the agenda is make dinner. Hopefully without burning anything or blowing anything up. We went to the supermarket today. It is in the basement of a department store. In short, it is the Italian Marks & Spencer’s. I love Marks & Spencer’s. Tonight the first of what I am sure will be many pasta dishes. I can’t possibly mess that up can I?
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