Alright, I really need to take a sidebar here, so Italy, darling, let's have a talk. Let me first say, I adore you: your brilliant sun and dazzling blue skies, your awe-inspiring historical and archaeological magnificence, your sprawling countryside and breathtaking vistas, your delectable pastas, incredible cappuccinos and rich gelato... dare I even say it? I love you. There. The L-word. That's quite the commitment I'm making to you. Buuut your countrymen. Oh, but your creepy-ass, disrespectful, lecherous countrymen. The fact that I'm not wearing a nun's habit does not give you license to leer at me or stare at my chest. Saying "konichiwa" will get you nowhere; fuck you, I'm not Japanese, assholes. "Ni hao" isn't much better, either; I'm an American, not a fobby Asian tourist. I'm sick of getting "Ciao, bella!"-ed every time I leave my apartment; that's NOT okay (fine, unless you're a West Point cadet =P). To the very few cute Italian boys at clubs: if I'm dancing with my girlfriends, don't get all grabby on me! If I wanted to dance with you, I would; otherwise, keep your goddamn hands to yourself. Of all the things about Italy, I will NOT miss the Italian men.
[-Deep breath-]
ANYWAY, going out last night was a monumental success! I had basically napped all afternoon and therefore hadn't eaten anything since 3 PM, but surprisingly, that didn't turn out as disastrously as I'd feared, haha. Vicki led us (Christopher, Megan, Ashley, me, the slumdogs, and the Three Stooges) to a little club called Anima just past Piazza Navona. There weren't very many people when we got there, but they had 1 euro ladies' shots before midnight, which was awesome. They also played fairly mainstream, dance-able music, so hurrah for that, too. Then, just past midnight or so, people just started pouring in, and it turned into a legit dance party whic I've been wanting desperately. Two of the Three Stooges lamed out on us and bailed early (AHEM) and the handsy Italian boys were kind of irritating (thanks to Royce for saving my ass so many times, LOL), but all in all, AMAZING night! We're defs heading back tonight and tomorrow night, and hopefully checking out another club nearby.
Today, we visited tons of Renaissance and Baroque churches; the ones in the title are just the ones I remember. Also, our guest speaker was super adorable; I really liked her. We finished fairly early, like around noon, so KG treated us all to gelato and we just hung around Piazza Navona eating our gelato and talking. Ashley and I finished our TC rewrites, watched some HIMYM because she and Meagan were locked out of their apartment, and we just finished a "review" for HUM at the AIRC.
Now I'm about to head back to Via Rasella so Stephen and I can go to Termini and PICK UP KRISTIN! We're all going to dinner at Da Baffetto, getting gelato, and then maybe going out tonight, can't wait! Also, David just complimented my singing which made my day that much brighter, LOL. I LOVE this "living life balls to the wall" mentality, it's working out rull well now that I've resolved to not let shit hold me back =]
Ciao, and much love from Roma!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Tazza d'Oro, Pantheon, Campo di Fiore and the Cults of Mithras and Asclepius
So minus the part where I'm ready to PTFO right now, today has been AWESOME! Vicki and I got up early, went on a R4L adventure, and got cappuccinos at Tazza d'Oro (Albert's favorite place), took jumping pictures in front of the Pantheon, and went to Campo di Fiore where I got dried kiwi and fresh cherries (half a kilo for 2€!), both of which are absolutely delicious. We were running late and had to HAUL ASS to the Mithraeum that the rest of the class was already at, but it was totally worth it. Then I gave my presentation on the Cult of Asclepius on the Tiber Island, and we went to some other Mithraeum near the Colosseum for Royce to fininsh his presentation. The hour-long "discussion" at the AIRC nearly put me to sleep because I was so tired (hey, I still finished both my papers and my presentation by 12:30 last night! But Vicki and I stayed up talking, as per usual, haha), but I'm going to print out my papers now, turn 'em in, and then head back to Via Rasella for a NAAAP. Plus, I'm going to need it if we're pubbing and clubbing tonight ;] Tomorrow's class is about the Renaissance, I think, and a review for HUM 350, but then I get to see Kristin again, for the third time in Europe this year!
Monday, June 22, 2009
Aqueducts, Porta Maggiore... and cold weather?
Yesterday wound up super chill because most people were working on their papers (aw, bbz... aka LAME) so picnicking at the Borghese Gardens didn't happen, but maybe we'll go tomorrow or Wednesday. I called my dad for Father's Day and I feel SO bad that's he's all alone (my mom and brother are in Taiwan, and I'm, well, here, obvi). I asked if he was going to go fishing or something and he was just like, "No, I have to work..." poor Daddy =[ Then we spent the afternoon at the AIRC because most people went out of town earlier this weekend and KG wanted to give us some time to work. Oh, and we gave him a Father's Day card from all of us which I think he was actually really touched by, aw. Then when we went back to Via Rasella, I cooked dinner for me, Ashley, and Royce, and we just hung out for a bit and watched HIMYM. And Royce did the dishes! Or at least he tried, haha.
We went out to a dig site this morning to see ancient Roman aqueducts. It's was pretty cool, but the "dig" was hella lame. They haven't officially started excavating yet, so all we got to do was pull weeds, basically. We went on another "Death March," and while it was defs more of a march than last time, the terrain was more level and weather was gorgeous so it was actually really enjoyable. We also climbed up on top of an aqueduct! Yay for Von Trapp family photos atop it, haha. Then we metro-ed it over to Porta Maggiore, which was kind of silly because we were only there for 20 minutes, but whatever. Plus, Shyam and I got samosas, pakoras, and sweet chutney for super cheap on our lunch break and it was delicious!
I've been at the AIRC for like the past few hours now, but mostly playing and catching up with people. We have two more papers due tomorrow, and I've got all my sources and everything, but since I cranked out the last two in four hours and still rocked good grades on both, I'm playing the "how long can I put these off for, and still finish them in time and do well?" game. I don't know whether or not it's a good thing that I'm usually AWESOME at this game, haha.
Also, it's COLD in Roma right now, WTF? Unacceptable! The Weather Channel says 70 degrees but that's bullshit, it's definitely colder. Ashley and I are sitting in the AIRC library shivering our butts off, haha.
And since today is Monday, it's officially our last week in Roma, whaaaat? Five and a half weeks abroad sounded like such a long time but now that I'm starting the fifth, I can hardly believe how it's flown by. I still need to throw a coin in the Trevi to ensure I'll be back! Anyway, I'm not going to dwell on how little time is left, but instead, I'm living balls to the wall and savoring every last minute (I like how many people "liked" that on my facebook status, except Connor corrected me with "ovaries to the wall," LOL)! So I'm cranking out these last two papers tonight, but we want to pub-crawl tomorrow night, then Kristin gets in Wednesday! And I want to get the finals prompts outlined early, too, so we can do it up big one last time Thursday night before Kristin, Stephen and I take off for Greece (!!!) Friday night after our farewell dinner. SO. Here's to our final hurrahs in Roma =]
Ciao, and much love!
We went out to a dig site this morning to see ancient Roman aqueducts. It's was pretty cool, but the "dig" was hella lame. They haven't officially started excavating yet, so all we got to do was pull weeds, basically. We went on another "Death March," and while it was defs more of a march than last time, the terrain was more level and weather was gorgeous so it was actually really enjoyable. We also climbed up on top of an aqueduct! Yay for Von Trapp family photos atop it, haha. Then we metro-ed it over to Porta Maggiore, which was kind of silly because we were only there for 20 minutes, but whatever. Plus, Shyam and I got samosas, pakoras, and sweet chutney for super cheap on our lunch break and it was delicious!
I've been at the AIRC for like the past few hours now, but mostly playing and catching up with people. We have two more papers due tomorrow, and I've got all my sources and everything, but since I cranked out the last two in four hours and still rocked good grades on both, I'm playing the "how long can I put these off for, and still finish them in time and do well?" game. I don't know whether or not it's a good thing that I'm usually AWESOME at this game, haha.
Also, it's COLD in Roma right now, WTF? Unacceptable! The Weather Channel says 70 degrees but that's bullshit, it's definitely colder. Ashley and I are sitting in the AIRC library shivering our butts off, haha.
And since today is Monday, it's officially our last week in Roma, whaaaat? Five and a half weeks abroad sounded like such a long time but now that I'm starting the fifth, I can hardly believe how it's flown by. I still need to throw a coin in the Trevi to ensure I'll be back! Anyway, I'm not going to dwell on how little time is left, but instead, I'm living balls to the wall and savoring every last minute (I like how many people "liked" that on my facebook status, except Connor corrected me with "ovaries to the wall," LOL)! So I'm cranking out these last two papers tonight, but we want to pub-crawl tomorrow night, then Kristin gets in Wednesday! And I want to get the finals prompts outlined early, too, so we can do it up big one last time Thursday night before Kristin, Stephen and I take off for Greece (!!!) Friday night after our farewell dinner. SO. Here's to our final hurrahs in Roma =]
Ciao, and much love!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Forum of Augustus, Castel Sant'Angelo, Corso
Seriously, this is what life should always be like in Italy. Ashley and I have just been kickin' it back and taking it easy these past two days, like taking naps, cooking dinner together, watching way more HIMYM than anyone needs to at once, sleeping in, and shopping ("Dear ____, I met someone in Rome..." LOL). It's just been really fun and relaxing. Not that I wouldn't love to visit Venice or Cinque Terre (again), like a lot of the others are doing this weekend, but I can't really afford another weekend trip. I just tell myself Venice is smelly and sinking, haha, and besides, I'll be in Greece in a week!
Last Thursday was a superrr long day, looking at the Forum of Augustus and Castel Sant'Angelo. We got to actually go down INTO the Forum of Augustus; standing on the podium of the Temple of Mars Ultor was pretty damn cool. Getting back home from Castel Sant'Angelo was a pain, though. We were all already so tired, and it took like an hour to navigate all the buses back so I was just kind of grumpy and irritated, haha.
But then that night, [almost] all of us went to dinner at L'Archetto, the pizza place that Shyam & co. have been hyping up, which was SO good, holy crap. Kristin, we're taking you when you come next week! They seriously have like a hundred different kinds of spaghetti, and it's absolutely delicious. Then after dinner, some of us went to Frigidarium (where I had Baileys gelato the first time). I got strawberry and crema Florentina with whipped cream on top this time, and we went and sat in Piazza Navona to eat our gelato and just hang out.
We had yesterday off, so most of the group went to either Venice or Cinque Terre for the weekend. Only Ashley and I were left in Roma so we took it easy, I did laundry and took a nap, and we went to the AIRC for a bit. On the way back, we dropped by the place with a million different kinds of limoncello and the girl who worked there was super nice to us and let us try all kinds of different stuff, like limoncello and meloncello and some strawberry cream stuff that tasted like Tequila Rose, which we got. We basically had a girly slumber party, haha.
Today, we accidentally slept wayyy in, but then we went out shopping! We stopped for cappuccinos and croissants at a little place by the Trevi fountain (and didn't get creeped on by the dudes in there, for once). We basically wandered all up and down Corso, and I finally got to visit the Spanish Steps. We also wandered down some street that was basically ridiculous: Bvlgari, Gucci, YSL, Prada, Cartier... if I ever win the lottery, that's where I'm going, haha. On the way back, we stopped at the same place we went this morning, and grabbed some pizza.
Now I'm going to try to work on next week's papers for a little bit, and since Vicki, Harvey, and David came back late last night (poor Vicki had no idea where I went last night, haha), we're all going to do dinner together tonight, maybe go on a gelato run, and Ashley and I really want to try out what we're calling our strawberrycello, haha. I can't believe this is my last week in Roma, I will literally BE IN GREECE in one week! Here's to living balls to the wall and doing it up big in Europe =]
Ciao, and much love from Roma!
Last Thursday was a superrr long day, looking at the Forum of Augustus and Castel Sant'Angelo. We got to actually go down INTO the Forum of Augustus; standing on the podium of the Temple of Mars Ultor was pretty damn cool. Getting back home from Castel Sant'Angelo was a pain, though. We were all already so tired, and it took like an hour to navigate all the buses back so I was just kind of grumpy and irritated, haha.
But then that night, [almost] all of us went to dinner at L'Archetto, the pizza place that Shyam & co. have been hyping up, which was SO good, holy crap. Kristin, we're taking you when you come next week! They seriously have like a hundred different kinds of spaghetti, and it's absolutely delicious. Then after dinner, some of us went to Frigidarium (where I had Baileys gelato the first time). I got strawberry and crema Florentina with whipped cream on top this time, and we went and sat in Piazza Navona to eat our gelato and just hang out.
We had yesterday off, so most of the group went to either Venice or Cinque Terre for the weekend. Only Ashley and I were left in Roma so we took it easy, I did laundry and took a nap, and we went to the AIRC for a bit. On the way back, we dropped by the place with a million different kinds of limoncello and the girl who worked there was super nice to us and let us try all kinds of different stuff, like limoncello and meloncello and some strawberry cream stuff that tasted like Tequila Rose, which we got. We basically had a girly slumber party, haha.
Today, we accidentally slept wayyy in, but then we went out shopping! We stopped for cappuccinos and croissants at a little place by the Trevi fountain (and didn't get creeped on by the dudes in there, for once). We basically wandered all up and down Corso, and I finally got to visit the Spanish Steps. We also wandered down some street that was basically ridiculous: Bvlgari, Gucci, YSL, Prada, Cartier... if I ever win the lottery, that's where I'm going, haha. On the way back, we stopped at the same place we went this morning, and grabbed some pizza.
Now I'm going to try to work on next week's papers for a little bit, and since Vicki, Harvey, and David came back late last night (poor Vicki had no idea where I went last night, haha), we're all going to do dinner together tonight, maybe go on a gelato run, and Ashley and I really want to try out what we're calling our strawberrycello, haha. I can't believe this is my last week in Roma, I will literally BE IN GREECE in one week! Here's to living balls to the wall and doing it up big in Europe =]
Ciao, and much love from Roma!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Midterms, the Pantheon, and Ostia
Gah, even missing a day leaves me super behind on blogging, much less missing two! So Monday were our midterms, but Ashley and I had finished our outlines Sunday night. We slept in Monday morning, and got cappuccinos and reviewed some beforehand. The midterms themselves weren't so bad, and then that night was dinner at the American Academy which was AMAZING! We all got dolled up, which was a lot of fun. Well, most of us (you know who you are, boys, GET TO MY LEVEL!) KG's only warning about drinking was to "be responsible," so we defs got good and giggly, haha. We went to a gelato place in Trastevere afterward, and a picture of last year's P2Rome group was still on the bulletin board! Then some of us Phased 10 when we got back to the apartments. Gooood night, all in all.
Yesterday, we were supposed to go to the Forum of Augustus but they wouldn't let us in, so we're going back Thursday. We visited Malta, though (LOL); I'll be able to say I've been to seven countries this year alone! Then we went to the Pantheon for Stephen's presentation, and to Circo Massimo, where KG had some of the boys form my quadriga, haha. I was super tired afterward, so I took a crash nap before heading back to the AIRC to work on my papers. I'm not gonna lie, I was totes unproductive, and Royce and I got cappuccinos at Glass on the way back to Via Rasella. So srsly, I think LASA or Plan II or being a LibArts major or SOMETHING has turned me into a paper-BSing CHAMP, haha. All the business/engineering bbz freak out super early about theirs, but I cranked both mine out between 8:30 PM and 12:30 AM, which included dinner and breaks to reread Eclipse. I don't know so much that that's something to be proud of, but whatevs, haha.
Today was sooo long, we met at Barberini at 8:15 AM to catch the metro and train to Ostia. Vicki and I had been up until like 3:30 the night before just catching up and having a good ol' R4L bonding-sesh (which Harvey said he could overhear some of, LOL) so this morning was pretty rough, especially without my daily cappuccino. The heat got pretty miserable, although not unbearable. I mean, c'mon, I marched in high school, haha. Anyway, it was tiringgg trucking through Ostia, most of us took naps just at the cafeteria tables duringl lunch, haha. And we were supposed to be done by 2 PM, but we defs didn't get back to the AIRC until like 4.
Anyway, I need to print these papers out. I can't decide if I want to take a cold shower or a nap, or watch Dark Knight with the boys, but I'm glad this week is almost over. Vodka tonics with Meagan tonight, although another hell day tomorrow, but then long weekend!
Ciao, and much love from Roma!
Yesterday, we were supposed to go to the Forum of Augustus but they wouldn't let us in, so we're going back Thursday. We visited Malta, though (LOL); I'll be able to say I've been to seven countries this year alone! Then we went to the Pantheon for Stephen's presentation, and to Circo Massimo, where KG had some of the boys form my quadriga, haha. I was super tired afterward, so I took a crash nap before heading back to the AIRC to work on my papers. I'm not gonna lie, I was totes unproductive, and Royce and I got cappuccinos at Glass on the way back to Via Rasella. So srsly, I think LASA or Plan II or being a LibArts major or SOMETHING has turned me into a paper-BSing CHAMP, haha. All the business/engineering bbz freak out super early about theirs, but I cranked both mine out between 8:30 PM and 12:30 AM, which included dinner and breaks to reread Eclipse. I don't know so much that that's something to be proud of, but whatevs, haha.
Today was sooo long, we met at Barberini at 8:15 AM to catch the metro and train to Ostia. Vicki and I had been up until like 3:30 the night before just catching up and having a good ol' R4L bonding-sesh (which Harvey said he could overhear some of, LOL) so this morning was pretty rough, especially without my daily cappuccino. The heat got pretty miserable, although not unbearable. I mean, c'mon, I marched in high school, haha. Anyway, it was tiringgg trucking through Ostia, most of us took naps just at the cafeteria tables duringl lunch, haha. And we were supposed to be done by 2 PM, but we defs didn't get back to the AIRC until like 4.
Anyway, I need to print these papers out. I can't decide if I want to take a cold shower or a nap, or watch Dark Knight with the boys, but I'm glad this week is almost over. Vodka tonics with Meagan tonight, although another hell day tomorrow, but then long weekend!
Ciao, and much love from Roma!
Monday, June 15, 2009
High Mass and seeing the Pope!
I didn't get a chance to update yesterday, but it was SO much fun! Well, maybe fun isn't the right word, but it was incredible. Ashley and I met Royce, Adam and Daniel (hereafter known collectively as The Three Stooges) downstairs at 8:20 so we could catch a bus over to St. Peter's to attend High Mass with KG. We actually ran into Stephen and Vicki at the bus stop, and all rode over together. We had half an hour to spare when we got there, so Ashley, Royce and I got cappuccinos in the Vatican City!
St. Peter's Square is beautiful, OMG. Ashley's inner (well, and outer) Catholic was just having all sorts of freak-outs, haha. David and Bhargav were late so the rest of us went on ahead through security and into the Basilica itself, and I was just blown away by how incredible it is. I haven't really considered religion in a long time, but I'm pretty sure experiences like that are what converted me in the first place; I kept getting chills all throughout Mass itself.
After Mass, we waited around for like ten minutes with the throngs of other people... AND SAW THE POPE! Yeah, he defs blessed me and was like, "Hey girl heyyy!" Okay, not really, he spoke out of his window way high up, but it was still pretty cool, haha. Then KG took us all out to lunch, which was super nice to him. I bet he's like one of those doting, indulging godfathers and Dar's daughter Emilia just gets spoiled rotten.
Ashley and I went back to mail our postcards, but we couldn't get the stamp machines to work, so we went wandering around the Vatican City instead and got gelato before hopping a bus back to Tritone. We were pretty proud of ourselves for navigating so successfully by ourselves and without a map, haha. We decided to go back to the Vatican on Friday so we can actually mail our postcards, and visit the Vatican museum and see the Sistine Chapel. I can't wait!
I actually have a midterm in 15 minutes, which I'm not too stoked about. We were already given the prompts and so Ashley and I got together and outlined them last night, but I really just can't be bothered to sit the stupid exam and write all of that, haha. We got cappucinos and reviewed some at Glass Bar this morning, though, and after midterms, we want to get cocktails before dinner at the American Academy. I still have my two papers to write, but I'm not terribly worried because they're due Wednesday this week instead of Tuesday.
Now that we're officially past the halfway point of our program, it's making me really sad. Vicki and I realized that this morning and were like, "OMG NOT THINKING ABOUT IT." Also, I'm really starting to miss friends from home, and dislike how little communication I'm able to have with them. That's okay, going back to the Vatican, getting cappuccinos and croissants at Tazza d'Oro and roaming the fresh fruit markets at Campo di Fiore this weekend, and then Greece with Stephen and Kristin after Roma!
St. Peter's Square is beautiful, OMG. Ashley's inner (well, and outer) Catholic was just having all sorts of freak-outs, haha. David and Bhargav were late so the rest of us went on ahead through security and into the Basilica itself, and I was just blown away by how incredible it is. I haven't really considered religion in a long time, but I'm pretty sure experiences like that are what converted me in the first place; I kept getting chills all throughout Mass itself.
After Mass, we waited around for like ten minutes with the throngs of other people... AND SAW THE POPE! Yeah, he defs blessed me and was like, "Hey girl heyyy!" Okay, not really, he spoke out of his window way high up, but it was still pretty cool, haha. Then KG took us all out to lunch, which was super nice to him. I bet he's like one of those doting, indulging godfathers and Dar's daughter Emilia just gets spoiled rotten.
Ashley and I went back to mail our postcards, but we couldn't get the stamp machines to work, so we went wandering around the Vatican City instead and got gelato before hopping a bus back to Tritone. We were pretty proud of ourselves for navigating so successfully by ourselves and without a map, haha. We decided to go back to the Vatican on Friday so we can actually mail our postcards, and visit the Vatican museum and see the Sistine Chapel. I can't wait!
I actually have a midterm in 15 minutes, which I'm not too stoked about. We were already given the prompts and so Ashley and I got together and outlined them last night, but I really just can't be bothered to sit the stupid exam and write all of that, haha. We got cappucinos and reviewed some at Glass Bar this morning, though, and after midterms, we want to get cocktails before dinner at the American Academy. I still have my two papers to write, but I'm not terribly worried because they're due Wednesday this week instead of Tuesday.
Now that we're officially past the halfway point of our program, it's making me really sad. Vicki and I realized that this morning and were like, "OMG NOT THINKING ABOUT IT." Also, I'm really starting to miss friends from home, and dislike how little communication I'm able to have with them. That's okay, going back to the Vatican, getting cappuccinos and croissants at Tazza d'Oro and roaming the fresh fruit markets at Campo di Fiore this weekend, and then Greece with Stephen and Kristin after Roma!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Da Baffetta Pizzeria, Frigidarium Gelateria, and Roman night buses
Last night turned into an adventure of epic proportions, haha. So I went back to the apartment and just hung out and took a shower before meeting everyone for dinner at 7:15. We trekked all the way past the Piazza Navona to go to Da Baffetta, a pizza place Vicki and everyone else who'd moved in early had been hyping up for weeks. Their original story was that it had been recommended as like the best pizza place in Italy, so they went at the beginning of the program. However, they were exhausted, jet-lagged, and basically delirious when they went. Ishanee thought her margherita pizza was a bit bland, so loopy Vicki went and found some crushed red pepper. Everyone was like, "Oh, it's just like American red pepper!" so Ishanee put it liberally ALL over her pizza, except it turned out to be a million times hotter than American red pepper, and so intense that even the spice-loving Indians couldn't handle it, haha. They were downing all sorts of weird things like parmesan and flat Coke to cure the burn.
Anyway, this is the story we were all thinking about when we went last night. The food took some time to arrive, so we had house wine, played MASH (yes, like from sixth grade, haha), and some Never Have I Ever. The pizza was absolutely incredible (I got cappriciosa, which has mozzarella, artichoke, sausage, and egg!) even if the service was kind of shitty (our waiter was all sorts of cranky, haha). After dinner, we went to Frigidarium, which was hands down the most amazing gelato I've had so far in Italy: I had... wait for it... BAILEYS GELTAO. React! Yeah, MOUTHGASM.
We went back to the apartments for a bit (lots of drinking and Never Have I Ever, I really need to stop playing that game with people who are so freakin' innocent!) before heading out, but clubbing was a bust because the place we wanted to go to was closed, lame. It was at least quite the adventure, taking several buses, night buses, and a taxi around Rome, haha.
Now we're back in the AIRC because we just had a review for our midterms on Monday (boo) but there's a huge gay pride parade going down Via dei Fori Imperiali, rocketing glitter everywhere and blasting Poker Face, LOVE IT! Oh, and I put up my pictures from our long weekend in Florence, Cinque Terre, and Pisa, so check them out! You other P2Rome-ers (okay, besides David, haha) need to start getting y'all's pictures up, jeez.
Ciao, and much love from Roma!
Anyway, this is the story we were all thinking about when we went last night. The food took some time to arrive, so we had house wine, played MASH (yes, like from sixth grade, haha), and some Never Have I Ever. The pizza was absolutely incredible (I got cappriciosa, which has mozzarella, artichoke, sausage, and egg!) even if the service was kind of shitty (our waiter was all sorts of cranky, haha). After dinner, we went to Frigidarium, which was hands down the most amazing gelato I've had so far in Italy: I had... wait for it... BAILEYS GELTAO. React! Yeah, MOUTHGASM.
We went back to the apartments for a bit (lots of drinking and Never Have I Ever, I really need to stop playing that game with people who are so freakin' innocent!) before heading out, but clubbing was a bust because the place we wanted to go to was closed, lame. It was at least quite the adventure, taking several buses, night buses, and a taxi around Rome, haha.
Now we're back in the AIRC because we just had a review for our midterms on Monday (boo) but there's a huge gay pride parade going down Via dei Fori Imperiali, rocketing glitter everywhere and blasting Poker Face, LOVE IT! Oh, and I put up my pictures from our long weekend in Florence, Cinque Terre, and Pisa, so check them out! You other P2Rome-ers (okay, besides David, haha) need to start getting y'all's pictures up, jeez.
Ciao, and much love from Roma!
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