Ciao Roma!

We made it to Roma! We’re a bit sleep deprived, our eSIMs don’t seem to work correctly, we narrowly escaped arrest for not correctly paid for a bus ride (kidding…sorta), but we’re here and full of carbs! We had a good layover in Zurich where we got a few more hours of sleep and ate a lot of ‘breakfast chocolate’. Through the kindness of strangers, good memories, and dumb luck, we somehow found our AirBNB in Rome without internet access. We dropped our bags and walked much of the main sites of the city fueled by pizza, pasta and gelato. Rome is dreamy.

We love walking around a new city when we first arrive. So much feels exciting and different, yet we find ourselves doing much of the same as we would in the US. This evening we spent a lot of time watching street performers, admiring architecture (and pretending to explain it to our kids – after a quick google), ruining our clothes with ice cream dribbles as we walk around, playing with whatever water we can find, and reminding our kids to stay to the right when our path has oncoming pedestrian traffic. Same same!

We have an exciting few days ahead of exploring ancient sites, learning more about Roman mythology, and what Andrew has been looking forward to for three months, watching Gladiator. Rob and I are looking forward to learning more about Roman mythology from our kids who apparently know a surprising amount (thanks Pod School!). The boys are cruising through some books about Rome and we are contemplating starting math homeschool tomorrow, depending on what time the kids wakeup.

Good luck is something we believe we will need in great quantities in starting homeschooling. There's a great Italian phrase for good luck: “in bocca al lupo!” which translates to “into the wolf’s mouth.” We feel like this is fitting for where we are attempting to go with homeschooling tomorrow. [FWIW: the response to “in bocca al lupo” is “crepi il lupo” (may the wolf die)…not sure how we feel about that response given that we think the wolf is our kids in this analogy…we'll let you know after tomorrow ;) ]Read more