Roma!

April 25th, 2007

Roma, Italy

Good:  We have a fabulous apartment in a cool neighborhood just past the colloseum.   It always feels like a gamble-finding these places on the internet.  But this one is a winner.

Bad:  Kalin hates moving locations.  Too many stairs in Venice-very hard with so heavy suitcases.  Maya is still not 100%.

Surprising:  As we rode through the Grand Canal in Venice I was shot through with a bittersweet feeling.  I was suddenly afraid that I was forgetting to relish this experience.  Did I enjoy all of this enough while it was happening.   I have had a similar feeling about parenting.  Did I enjoy each stage enough while it was happening, because boy does it go fast.  As you can imagine,  I was always very moved by the a speech in the play "Our Town" when the main characters bemoans the fact that humans don't realize how wonderful life is while they are living it.  We are past the half way mark on the trip, and are way past the half way mark of places we will visit.  We go back to Whittier on Wednesday and then to Oaxaca.  We may not go anywhere else new.  Wow.

Pictures are from Venice, the train and the new apartment.