Off to Rome

We will arrive in Rome on March 15 where we will put our destiny in the hands of Tomtom who will hopefully guide us to our apartment on the outskirts of Rome.  Our host Alina has advised us that Mama will be there to answer the intercom and let is in.  This will start our immersion as Mama only speaks Italian.  In preparation we have been attending the lectures of an excellent Yale university course on Roman Art and Architecture.  This will give us a much better idea about what all those fallen columns and crumbling buildings in the center of Rome near the colosseum actually once belonged too.