The New News

Ok, so we've found a place in the center of Rome, we think. The lady is slightly kookaburra and there are a few other complications but she told us yesterday that we have the apartment. We are so happy and relieved to be moving out of Zagarolo, though we're positive this area may have some drawbacks as well. The positives really outweigh any of the negatives that we considered. This apartment is truly in the heart of Rome. We're two metro stops (ie ten minutes) from the central station with access to a bus stop outside of our door. We also live on a street that is closed to car traffic, this means it will be fairly quiet, though not compared to the tranquility of Zagarolo. Apparently there are quite a number of good open-air markets in the area but we could always go to the bigger markets since we're so well-connected. The rent is higher but all of the utilities are included (except electricity) which means that it's not much higher when you consider our last gas and electric bill totalled nearly 1000 euro. It is an older building so our landlord has advised us of a few little pecadillos, the best of which is don't run more than a single electrical device at a time or else we'll blow the circuit. This means an inconvenient trip to the depths of the basement. We're not exactly sure if that means we can't charge our cell phones at the same time or what. We'll soon find out as we plan to begin moving in at the beginning of April.