People we have met in Rome

  We have met a lot of very nice and interesting people during our stay in Rome. While there were many, the following pictures are a sampling of them.

Paula is a Roman who lives not far from our apartment.

We met Stevie and Stuart at this restaurant today. While they are originally from Indianapolis, they are currently living in Paris as Stevie is on a foreign internship with her company. They spend their week-ends sightseeing through Europe.

Matt is a tour bike driver here in Rome. We met him over by the Colosseum. He originally is from Brooklyn New York. He was an Army brat traveling around the world.

Matti, Tiinaa, and Jade are from Finland. We met them at the Porta San Sebastián near the beginning of the Appian Way.

We met these three sisters, Heather, Kristin, and Amy over at the Piazza Navona. They hail from Dallas Texas.

We met Ryan, Melissa, Jude, and Henry in front of Castile St. Angelo. Originally from San Francisco, they are living in Rome while Ryan pursues his studies.

Peter and Lilli are from Vermont. We met them at the church of San Pietro in Vincoli.

We met Francesca while going to the Baths of Caracalla. She is a Roman who taught high school English here for many years. While we were talking, she was surprised by a former student of hers who happened to be bicycling by.

To all of these, and many more we met along the way, Ciao Roma. We would like to take this moment to extend a special thank you to our first Roman landlord, Stefano, who went above and beyond to make our stay very special. It is very obvious that he loves his Rome, and now, thanks to him, so do we.