All Things Elf

We knew from guide books and videos that things in Europe are small and more compact than in the States. Our first real experience was on our first night in Roma. Our hotel was on the 2nd floor, now that would actually be the third floor as they started at 0, then 1, 2 etc. There were two hotels in this building and maybe more. We checked in and they said the elevator was right at the stairs. We hadn't seen it but then we hadn't looked. It had been built in the space left when the stairs were built. The space between different flights, so the stairs wrapped around the elevator or as we later called it the elf-a-vator. It was 18-20" wide and 4 feet long. I never really rode it and barely got in it. Here is little Bobbe actually in it with the doors closed.

I'm sort of in it and not, I never closed the doors. The best part of this hotel was our floor in the room. It was white marble and shiny. Gorgeous clean and just like a palace, or what I think a palace would have.

These are examples of elf food. That's my watch at the bottom middle. The elf term came about when we were waiting at the Florence termini (train station) for a professor at the school to pick us up. We had a cup of caffe americana while we waited and it was the size of Jesse's tea set dishes. The spoon with it was so cute.

This was elf potato chips. We never eat chips but we felt a need for salt and the store had these. Who could resisit the slogan "Taste Me Up" and what does that mean?

This is the elf bathroom in our apartment. The shower is left through the door. I could back into it and turn around but soaping was difficult without putting my butt out.

This is the washer/dryer all in one unit. Put the 'small' load in and it would wash it and then turn the setting and it would dry it. Cool. We were warned and it was great fun figuring out what things did and could do.

The kitchen was also elfish, but you'll notice the wine bottle isn't. Ah 3,75 euro for 1.5 liter of good house red.