Freezing!

The temperature in Rome dropped significantly. Everyone was dressed warmly. Running out of sights to see, we did window shopping along Via Cordotti, the Orchard Road of Rome. The shops were full of Asians, Chinese from China dominates, some from Taiwan and a sprinkling from Singapore.

We had lunch in AL 34, an Italian Resturant. The waiter was from Bangladesh. He studied in the University here and stayed on for 22 years. My boys asked why is a graduate a waiter the moment we left the resturant. I have no answer for this question. The waiter told us this resturant is quite famous. Usually it is full at lunch time. The Americans and Europeans from other countries stopped coming. When we were having lunch only three or four tables were occupied. This is an indicator of poor economic situation US and EU are in. I hope the governments solved their problems.

Asia is the region of growth and prospersity.