We made it!

Buona Sera!

Finally we’ve arrived in Viterbo! It was definitely worth all of the headache and stress we experienced while preparing to leave. The trip was relatively uneventful thank goodness, though Eli only slept for 3 hours of the 24 hour epic journey. We’re all in a jet-lagged fog this week, but, ironically, Eli’s handling it better than Sam and me.

Due to the jet-lag we haven’t ventured out much yet, just around town a bit. Viterbo, though an ordinary Italian town by local standards, is beautiful, interesting, and thoroughly authentic to us. The older part of town is considered to have some of the best-preserved medieval architecture in Italy. The rest of the town is still just as picturesque and seems to be mostly of the Renaissance era. Though there is the occasional post-war utilitarian ugliness, which is almost a buzz-kill, is also a nice reminder that this is still a thriving little town.

We live in a beautiful building. It’s definitely old, but we’re not sure how old. No one seems to care how old buildings are around here. When asked, they just answer, “I don’t know… it’s old”. Anyway, our apartment is HUGE - at least when compared to our little bungalow in Rockridge. The ceilings are about twelve feet high, and we have three bedrooms and two baths - plenty of room for visitors (hint, hint). Who would have thought we’d have bigger digs in Italy than America. Go figure. The main rooms overlook the street, and the bedrooms and kitchen overlook the back allies of the medieval section of town.

We’ll take more pictures over the weekend. In the meantime, enjoy these pics of Eli having his first pizza. He loved it!