Getting Comfortable

Buona Sera,
After a good nights sleep in Roma we ventured out….to find …banco, internet and veduro, [vegetables]. We were successful on all counts. The apartemento saga continues…tomorrow we go across town to Trastevere to view an apartment that they think will service ours needs…we’ll see. But that is…” a domaini,” tomorrow. Today we had a great time in the rain and in the early morning shopping through the Campo dei’ Fiori. What a wonderful treat to buy your food all in one place, fresh and full of life, seriously, full of the existence of life,…. bees swarming over the food , a few flies, but who’s counting !....the fullness of engagement with that which one takes in for sustenece…no packaging, no sterilization…..just food, fresh and exposed, ready to cook and eat.

The language is slowly coming back to me. We were here in January of 2001 for a few weeks but my language skills weren’t pushed . 10 years ago, after classes and study I was really prepared….today,… I just let it come , , the Italiano arrives for me when I really need it . Like tonight when trying to buy a good wine. I went from shop to shop, I finaly found an Entoceca that serviced our “bisogno de vino’…..After much haggling I came away with a Sauvignan……The thing about Roma is …everyone has the same concerns, forefront in their minds: they want what you want….. …. the best food, the best wine , the best price…so everyone is on the same wavelength……..where to meet the girls and the boys is also a big consideration, but fortunately we don’t have to worry about that.

Well, all things considered, we are in a good place for the next few days, really a Palazzo, a large apartemento, across from the Palazzo Farnesina in the Campo dei’ Fiori. One could not want anything better. This is the” gift” from Italy Accom for screwing up. I’ll always remember this place . Really an aristocratic, rich location and accommodation.

A domaini…Chiesa Nuova, to start my project on Baroque churches, Campo dei Fiori and the Trastevere apartemento is on our agenda for La Vita Roma tomorrow…
Ciao, Tommaso