Hello from Roma! I'm pretty frazzled right now - it turns out that moving out of our apartment and getting ready for a six-month trip at the same time was kind of a bad idea. But we survived, with (most of) our belongings intact, and now here we are! My mood is currently a mixture of excitement at finally being here, and sheer terror at what we're about to undertake. I'm also still suffering from major jet lag (our journey took 12 hours and crosse...