Hello, I'm, back!  Sorry for the long absence from my blog.  When last I wrote, I had just moved to Rome from Malta, because they would not renew my residence permit.     The first week in Italy, I connected with a friend of a friend, Annika, who was moving out of a nice 2 bedroom apartment.  I agreed to take it over, including a roommate who had just moved in.  I also agreed to let Annika stay until she found another place.  And so began my month of hell.  Annika had turned the living room into a 3rd bedroom, then rented out the other two.  Pretty nice set up, she lived rent free. I made it clear that once I took over the lease, she would pay the same rent she asked of me, and move into the smaller bedroom.  To make a long story short, Annika was outraged that I would dare to charge her the same rent she charged me and beside herself that I would make her move from the big bedroom to the smaller one.  The exact same argument w...