Six hours ahead...

So I do have internet in my apartment here but I just don't keep running into any of you online and I think it may be the time difference. Right now here it is 11:30ish and for yall back home it is only 5:30. With a blog I guess I can write at you even if you aren't online so thats what i'm doing cause I miss you and because Monica and Andrea asked so many times.
Roma e bella! That may be Rome is beautiful or Rome and beautiful...I am learning my Italian on the streets of Rome and not in a proper classroom yet. Classes start next week and I am so excited to learn things. I have been speaking more Spanish than I do in the US because it sounds similar and as a result my friend Amanda and I have been confused for Spaniards more than once.
My apartment is lovely and around the corner from a small cafe that we visit daily. Cappucino freddo and coronetti are one of my new favorite things. That is iced cappucino and pastries.
We have also discovered in our neighborhood a daily food market. Today we bought fresh lettuce, carrots, green beans, tomatoes, mozzarella and basil and made a lovely suce for our fresh pasta that we also got from a shop in the hood.
In DC we've been known to wander and generally we end up at spring valley or the zoo. Today in my wanderings I happened upon the Trevi fountain by accident. Way cool. Trying to figure out the best time of day to go there when there are fewer tourists. Last night we strolled through trastevere and made our way to Piazza Venezia and the Colosseum. (see facebook for photos) Even with our jetlag we are trying to get out into the city but we do come home exhausted from the heat and walking.
Buona notte till I hear from you all!