Far niente...

I feel at last that I'm settling in. It's taken a week (and yesterday's hot and uncomfortable ride on the 30 didn't help) but I'm something of a local fixture by now... Our strolls around the Aventine continue to delight, and E rather put out (I suspect) by the number of friend requests I receive from the Testaccio beau-monde. They have a few acquaintances of course, but the kinds of meaningful discourse one can plug into whilst doing olfctory lamp-post researches are beyond them... I introduced them to a charming couple when we shared an aperitivo and nibbles in the dying light of P.zzz Augusto Imperatore following our suset stroll atop the Pincio nymphaeum yesterday. And I must say my generosity paid off and they've allowed me a restful day in today's heat. I may take them out for an ice-cream later, to reward them.