September 10, 2026
Running a Small Laundromat
Rome, Italy
The apartment we have in Rome has a washer and dryer. The first we have seen in our 9 days since leaving Colorado. And so, I am now running a small laundromat in between seeing the sites, doing school with the kids, running around the block to the grocery store, and keeping up with the tickets we have this week.
Oh, and traversing the city of Rome in the POURING rain. And Lightning and Thunder. FOR HOURS. After dashing into a restaurant to have a meal – which one – doesn’t really matter. It was gray and pretty dark out, but definitely before 6pm. Just on the walk from the museum across one street to a restaurant – any restaurant – we were soaked! We indulged in Coca-colas, french fries, a pizza (of course), and some meatballs. Everything is good. Everything.
And then we thought we would treat ourselves with a taxi (XL, of course, because there are 5 of us), we couldn’t get one – and no wonder, the skies just opened up and poured. Again!
We got on one bus, only to realize it was going in mostly the wrong direction. We hopped off and then decided to walk. Our landmark is St. Peter’s square. We could see it so we knew we could get back to the apartment in 15 minutes. And it was an adventurous 15 minutes indeed. Once inside, we got into our warm clothes cubes and threw on cozier clothes … and literally wrung out our socks in the sink (and then washed them at our laundromat).
Walking through the many Roman streets feels grand and inviting. There are so many possibilities. You need to know your hopes and dreams before reaching the city. We wanted one really good church, a bus tour, some of the top sites, and a look around the main “wow” areas.
Rome deserves a million posts … however, time is moving on and new things are happening! I could spend a month just in Rome – it surprised me how much I liked a huge city. Each part of the city is the next best thing. The key was staying in a place that felt relaxing and we found that in the Prati neighborhood. The city is electric – day or night – and we all enjoyed the bus tour at night. It took us to all of the places we could not reach on foot in three days. Everything is lit up with the traditional red, white and green flag colors.
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