Get Back

Sadly, my month-long sojourn to Rome is quickly coming to an end. My blog will be a good record of some of my experiences here. I really appreciate all of the encouraging words from you, either through the blog Comments or through e-mail. Glad you liked reading it. I loved writing it.

Here, in no particular order, are some of the sights and sounds I will miss:

• luggage being rolled by newcomers through my piazza, an area pedonale
• the clanking of cups being washed as I walk past a bar
• the bells of Santa Maria in Trastevere
  
• Monica and my entire class at Scuola LDV. It was amazing how we all bonded in such a short period of time.
• Trastevere, a village within a city
• the beauty of the Italian language
• being awed by pieces of antiquity or the Baroque era at every turn of a corner, in this art museum they call a city
• of course, the fabulous restaurants
• being able to share experiences with Corrado, my cousin Ro, Diane, Phyllis, Joanie, LaVonne, Anita and Elaine
  
• unfortunately, my digital camera and 3 weeks of pictures, lost during my pilgrimage to churches! I'll have to rely on my friends' sharing their photos.

There are other memories, too, that I'll process and sort out and share with you all at a later time.You don't think this is the last time you're going to hear about my trip to Rome, do you?? No way. No. Freaking. Way.

See you soon, and....GO PHILS!