Does size matter?

I arrived on Monday but in many ways it feels like ages ago. Things are so small in this country: cars, clothes, toilet paper packages, peanut butter jars... We stayed in a little hotel in the historical central of Rome.  It seemed surreal walking passed famous ruins on the way to dinner.  They don't exaggerate about Italian drivers though.  I've lost track of the number of times I grabbed someone I just met to pull them out of the way of a car or motorcycle.

It started feeling less like a movie and more like life when I moved into my apartment this morning.  It's so much nicer than I expected and is located in a beautiful neighborhood! 7 girls to 4 bedrooms and 2 and a half bathrooms. We have a cute Italian sized balcony but everything else is bigger than expected having been here a whole day and a half. Having brought only 2 suitcases and 2 carry ons (technically a carry on and a personal item), as opposed to my usual filled SUV of stuff, unpacking was a breeze! See pics: