First off:
AHHHHHHHHHH!!!! (Heavenly choruses not frightened screams)
We have arrived! We are staying comfortably here in Rome, no thanks to Airbnb! Each street has a new story to tell, with pillars and ancient walls around every turn, not to mention beautifully maintained buildings with fantastic architecture and unique character. We love getting lost in the streets here, stumbling upon unknown churches and gelato cafes... We are becoming real gelato snobs.
Especially now that we have had Lindt gelato and eaten it next to the giant Lindt bunny that appears as though it might gobble me up whole.
Our favorite church so far is the church if St. John Laterno. No pics, but we may have to go back. Absolutely fantastic interior sculptures. Harmon's new favorite apostle is Philip because he was depicted crushing the head of a giant serpent. Boys...
We also made it to church in Rome!
We were surprised by the number of couples here from America working on the Rome temple. We were able to meet some fantastic people, including the Luschins. (Just look up Elder Uchdorf's "Lift Where You Stand" talk) The Luschins took us to the Rome temple site as well as fed us our first home cooked meal in quite some time!!
After our wonderful Sabbath we ventured off to see more of the sites and get even more lost!
Spanish steps
We have recently discovered that Rome wakes up after 8. The small shops along the Tiber River were crawling with people!!! You can see how far down the shops go.
Stay tuned!
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