Last morning in Rome!

Well, it's my last morning here in Rome...I'll be heading out in a couple hours to brave myself into the pouring rain. It's been literally POURING for the last several hours; I've always loved the sound of heavy rain. It's been fun to hear, and I love the smell of everything after a good deluge; everything smells so fresh. The biggest bonus is that the heat has significantly let up. I'm actually sitting here with long pants and a long sleeved shirt.

Rome has been good. I definitely like this city better than Florence. It's bigger, there are more things to do, and the people are nicer. Rome has this strange sense of holiness to it (we've been staying near the Vatican), but also this very modern, worldly sense. It's really interesting.

Rome-lows for me would be: being stranded unbeknownst to us because of the taxi strike, and not finding a big screen for the Italy-Germany game.

Rome-highs: relaxed and delicious dinners, wandering around alone in the Centro Storico and discovering little shops and ancient monuments, the Catacombs of St. Sebatian, bumping into my Berkeley friend Jane Z on the street, the Colossium, private moments alone with God in my hotel...

Well, I'm super behind on my blogs...and I've mentally logged some stories so I guess I'll start writing. Read on...