Weej Post Rome

We made it home a little after midnight. Great to see Lily and Finny :)

The week back is always slow, as you work through laundry, catching up on work, connecting with friends and family, all while struggling with adjusting to a new time zone and feeling like your home, and life, is cluttered and unorganized. Below is what the week looked like.

Up early with the time change so Caden and I took Finn to the ND lakes.

We saw a family of raccoons washing their breakfast.

Caden doing a sketch of the elephant holding the obelisk that his art teacher requested.

Organizing the shelves...while watching soccer.

Organizing my office...

Caden's other art projects this week where he was experimenting with gouache and with dry bristles...

Exploring refinishing couches...

Refinishing the stairs...

Running with my favorite running buddy at Rum Village, where we showed up in matching outfits :)

Working with Gia to try and make Obica's lasagna. Twenty hours later... '_'

Making homemade pasta...

Actually making the pasta noodles (huge credit to Gia and her girlfriends)

Hosting the Milan study abroad students that are on campus this summer = +2 reps from the Greece study abroad & NickyBoo. We had lasagna, meatballs with pasta, mushroom risotto, pizzas, Greek salad, bread, gelato, and brownies.

Rome - June 20

Our last morning in Rome! I was up early to do my farewell run.

Once back, I got my guy and we headed down for our coffee.

I am really going to miss this sandwhich!

Caden came back to our place around 10, and we headed off to the airport.

We learned about this restaurant on our airport tour yesterday. It is run by a local man who has a restaurant on the sea, not from the airport.

And we're off!

Rome - June 19

 Corey and I went for a walk together. Headed to the Vatican. Decided to head out the side and ended up adding on an extra mile or so to our trip, which resulted in Corey taking a bike home and me running. Really fun regardless.

My running route home mapped me through a tunnel.

News and Wordle at our coffee shop.

When we got back Gia was just getting up and she wanted to go for a walk, so I headed out with her - and so glad I did! My nun count is now up to 44!

Later in the afternoon, Corey and I had the opportunity to tour the Rome Airport (FCO). It was one of the highlights of the trip! Our gracious hosts toured us through the innovation and AI advancements that contribute to FCO's international acclaim!

Once back, we headed out to dinner with Gigi in Travestere, just across the river. Our last of the trip '_'

Afterwards Gia and decided to pay homage to our Tiramisu Mirasu shop one last time. 

Going to miss this walk home!

And the view out our windows!