Climb in and suddenly you’re on a first-name basis with every inch of the car.

This houses the Supreme Court of Italy

One of Sharmila’s art friend had recommended visiting this artist Marcel who makes various things – like – scarves with his paintings on them. We found the place and the artist!!

We went for a walk around in the city today before leaving

So, here we are in Rome, doing, somewhat expectedly, what Romans do. Eating too much, walking everywhere, pretending to understand Italian menus.

Meanwhile, back home, Jay Jay has apparently decided to live his local life uninterrupted. He dragged our poor dog sitter all the way to downtown Alpharetta and, with single-minded determination, marched straight into Chiringa – our local bar – and parked himself right next to his usual spot.

The Chiringa crew (Mae featured here) has been sending us photo updates.

This dog is not to be trusted.