More later when I am near a computer with an English keyboard, but just posting to say Rome updates will be coming soon. But my brother is not joking about the toothpicks. Also, if you get bored, breeze over to my friend Amanda's Blog. Ciao.

I almost feel like I'm not allowed to post, because William hasn't at all. There isn't much to say (that is, there's a lot to say, but none of it outstanding from the rest, so I'll give you just a few highlights. More to follow, I'm sure.

1. There are ruins of ancient Rome all over the place, but get this - they're down about fifteen feet, and the city is just built around them. It's so weird. You know, here are the ruins of an ancient castle, and here are the people waiting for the bus. Here are the fossils of a once vibrant, statuesque building. Here are the people who don't care.

2. Lots of restaurants will give you packaged toothpicks, and the different companies who make them put their brand names on them. So far, we have encountered Karate, Samurai, and Kendo brand toothpicks. In Italy. These are toothpicks made in Italy... and they're... yeah.

3. I am actually having a severe amount of difficulty NOT getting alcohol. Last night, I had to struggle not to get the waiter to pour one kind of wine, or this other kind of wine, or grappa, or some other random after-dinner liqueur into my glass. It's rough.

Well, greetings from Italy. Or, as they say here, greetings di Italy!

Chow! (yeah, yeah, I know)