Visitors

As you may have been able to tell from yesterday's guest post, the first of what we hope will be many visitors have arrived. Maggie and Greg flew in to Rome very early Friday morning from Springfield on an overnight flight. They came in so early that, even though Friday's are a day when Amy and I have a very light teaching schedule (I am done at 9 and Amy is done at 10) we were unable to test out our airport pick-up service. I was relieved and impressed that they were able to negotiate the purchase of tickets, the double train run and the location of our house all from the written instructions that Amy provided. They arrived at our door and were warmly welcomed around lunch time.

To say Amy was excited to see them is an understatement. Well, I'm not sure how much of her excitement was actually aimed toward Greg (sorry Greg, no offense intended). Amy whisked Maggie away leaving Greg and I to fend for ourselves at the Mensa. The rest of Friday and all of Saturday was a whirlwind of activity. Amy is so eager to show Maggie all of the fun and interesting things which we have discovered that she has barely slowed down except to sleep. We have already been to several of our favorite restaurants and gelaterias as well as taken an afternoon drive around the countryside. The positive side is that the forced activity has helped keep Maggie and Greg on the path toward getting over their jet lag. On a side note, it is actually kind of interesting watching somebody make the time difference transition to Europe while you are not going through it yourself.