Today we did (what is sometimes called) the "Caesar Shuffle": The Colosseum and Palatine Hill. But honestly, the real adventure was just getting there. In the spirit of adventure, we (and I use that collective term loosely here) decided to do Rome by foot and walk our little selves to the Colosseum ruins. With a crappy map. And not a lot of real planning. And no GPS (because our international data plan really doesn't have any "G's" at all, let alone any ...

We are HERE!!  And it is HOT!! After many hours of airports and airplanes and air conditioners, we went through customs like pros and stepped out into the Roman HEAT. Our hotel had arranged a ride for us so off we went with a complete stranger who spoke no English. And got into his car. Just because he was holding a piece of paper with our name on it. So…ummm…apparently Romans are INSANE drivers. There don't appear to be many hard and fast rul...