Such a small world, eh? Here’s a photo of Joseph and Michael playing in the gravel in front of the Basilica of Constantine and/or Maxentius at the Forum:

It had taken us a few minutes to figure out what the structure was, for it really wasn’t clear in any of our guidebooks. A family wandered up to us and asked, evidently having heard us puzzle it out in English, if we knew what it was. We told them, then asked the obligatory, "Where are you from?"

"Cincinnati."

"Oh, we flew in and out of Cincinatti. We’re actually from Fort Wayne."

Beat. Almost a stunned beat. The father of the group says, "I’m speaking in Fort Wayne next Tuesday."

Yup…small, small world.