As you can probably tell, we've been exploring Rome for the past few days, sketching a lot. Most people are very friendly, and my Italian is improving daily. I was about to sit down to sketch when I saw some high school kids playing soccer in la Piazza del Popolo, so I decided to chat with them and kick the ball around. Many of the girls came up to introduce themselves and they were excited to hear about how warm Los Angeles was and were eager to look at my barren sketchbook. The other day we also ran into some guys playing a crude form of volleyball with a 10ft high net and yes, thats the coliseum in the background.