Hello, all! Well, it is 9:40 pm in Rome, Italy (3:40 pm in Florida). We left Miami at 9:45 last night, after waiting on the runway for an hour for some unknown delay. We flew into London this morning at about 11:00 am, and I tested my international cell phone by calling mom. It worked fine. We finally got into Rome this evening at about 5:00 pm. We had to drive around the city a good way to get to our hotel. It is a beautiful, though busy and crowded city. All of the cars seem much smaller than ours. There are many "smart" cars - which are unbelievably tiny! We passed by sights like the Colosseum on our way to the hotel, which we will visit in greater detail in the coming days. The hotel
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