Tales from the farm: Hello? Anyone there?

Good News- We have not been kidnapped by Serbian terrorists! Bad News – there is no wifi in Italy so we are going through web withdrawal and haven’t been able to blog or get on the internet since we got here. How weird is that? Serbia has wifi at every cafe and hotel, but in Italy…nothing. We finally drove into Rome and found a small street side café that has the perfect combination of fresh croissants, hot cappuccino and, most importantly, an internet link. And don’t believe when someone tells you Italians speak English – they speak Italian. We have gone from struggling to learn Serbian to struggling to communicate in Italian. Involuntary immersion will wear you out – lucky for us Italian is very similar to Spanish and the letters are “regular” so we can at least read the signs.

To finish our Serbian story – we had an absolutely wonderful time – the people are incredibly friendly and really try to figure out what you are trying to say. The weather is cool, the scenery is breathtaking and the food – OMGoodness!!! It is fabulous! Jo, I'm gonna have to run MILES to lose my Europe weight! Every meal is meat, cheese, meat, bread and more meat. Out of desperation, we finally bought some musli and milk and ate cereal for breakfast instead of meat.

I'll post some pics to catch you up - but they are in reverse order - weird blogger thing that I havent figured out how to quickly correct.