From the Eternal City

We are now in Rome! We have been to Venice, Florence, Elba, and Pisa, and we are ahead of schedule. We have 300+ pictures per city, and I will try to put many of them into online albums when we get home. Unfortunatlely, only the first hotel we stayed in actually had wireless internet, and therefore we have been mostly using internet cafés for our web access. This makes it difficult to post pictures, and I have only managed to do it once (by using a USB thumb drive and taking it to the café).

One interesting thing about the culture here is that all the Italians use the superlative much more often than Americans. This is especially true in driving directions: "Go always straight, turn left at the light, and go always straight again. The building is always on the right, always on the right."

The weather has been pretty good. It was cloudy most of the time for the first few days, but it was never cold. Now, in Rome it is always hot, always hot. Sempre caldo. It is at least 75°F by my estimate. It is perfect for sitting in the shade, but it is a bit warm for walking through the sunny streets. I think I will be glad to go home and find it still spring.

Arrivederci, amici!