The Patio

I find creating my first 'blog post' to be a little overwhelming. So I'm going to write about our Roman Patio and hope for more insightful posts to follow. Either that or just set the standards low.

We are so lucky for the beautiful apartment that we have here in Rome. We also just found out yesterday that,with being married, we have cut our IES living cost in half... which is great. This might be about the only 'married benefit' that IES offers though, because I'm pretty sure we are thought of as either weirdos or crazies. More about that later.... in a more insightful post.

Back to the patio. Attached to the apartment is a beautiful patio which,come to thing of it, is probably the size of our actual apartment. Funny. But the apartment doesn't feel small, it's really pretty big for Italian living standards. When you walk in there is a couch, a little table and two chairs and a big bookshelf. But that's not all.... open the closet doors and you have a kitchen! Kind of funny but it is everything we need (except an oven, dishwasher and space to actually cook). Then down the hall way there is the bathroom followed by the bedroom. We have a nice (firm) stationary bed. and a window which looks out over apartments buildings. It's actually a private enough view though.

Oh boy. Back to the patio. The patio has nice brick floor, 2 tables, 7 chairs, lots of little lights and candles and about 50 potted plants (Sam thinks 31). It is such a nice space to be outside in the sunlight, eat lunch dry our clothes. It really does make a difference to have the little chunk of 'land'. I'm thinking about taking out some bricks and starting a garden. laughs.

So that's the patio. Maybe sets the scene for more insightful posts to come. Sam and I are really happy and have been eating lots of pasta. I'm starting to wonder what else you can cook here.... kind of at a loss.

Missing our dear family and friends and love hearing from you.
Love,
Beth (and Sam walking around in his boxers)