It is the end of day two in the city of Rome, and today was a much better day than the first. We woke up bright and early and somehow managed to hop on a bus and find our way to the University. The school is in such a lovely area of Rome and it is such a nice building. There is a great little courtyard inside the walls of the school with tons of tables and chairs where it is always warm enough to sit for lunch.
Inside the university we got our student I.D.s and ate tons of free snacks. We also guzzled down almost their entire supply of water and juice because we were all extremely dehydrated. Next we went and met with some people to begin the process of getting our permit to stay in Italy. By the way, when I say we I mean myself and the five girls I live with (Caroline, Amy, Alexa, Alyssa, and Britt.)
Some of the girls' luggage got lost at the airport and shipped to the school today so we picked that up and ventured off to find a way home. We wandered around the streets forever trying to find the 44 bus in the opposite direction from the one we came on. We met the first person I've encountered in Rome who speaks English, and he told us where to go to find the bus. However on the way there we got confused and didn't understand where he told us to go. Alexa approached a man at an outdoor market and all of a sudden the whole community was surrounding us trying to help us find the way to our home. They were all so nice and eventually, thanks to them, we found the bus we were looking for.
After dropping the luggage off at home, we left the apartment to find some lunch and go grocery shopping. We ate at a little pizza place where I had ham pizza (yes mom I ate ham even though I hate it) and it was scrumptious! Then we went to two different grocery stores.
The first store we went to was called Todi's and that is where you can get food for half the price of the food at the regular grocery stores. However the food there didn't look that great so we just bought toilet paper, cartons of juice, detergent and bottled water there and bought all our fresh fruits, cheese, meats, and bread at the brand new grocery store directly across the street from our apartment (it just opened today!)
Also, at the grocery store, we found a massive jug of wine for just four euro. (As shown above) What a deal.
After returning home and taking a brief nap, Caroline Amy and I went back to the university and met up with a large group of people for a tour of the neighborhoods where we all live. It turns out the reason that we think Rome is so ugly is because we are not exactly living in Rome, or the Ancient part of Rome. We are more on the outskirts, so all we have to do is take a bus or a tram and we will find the beautiful parts of Rome. What a relief!
Amy, Caroline and I got broken off into a smaller group with just us and three other boys and our tour guide, an awesome girl who loved Rome so much after coming to this school that she stayed here. She took us all around on the busses and trams to show us how to get places and it was so helpful.
The three guys with us were adorable (but no where near as great as pat!). They were the nerdiest boys I have ever met with glasses and combed hair and they were skinny skinny skinny and very shy. However, one of them got up some courage at the end and asked the three of us if we would like to join them for dinner. We were very sad that we had to turn them down because we were cooking our own dinner tonight, but hopefully we will get to see them again soon.
Tonight we cooked ourselves some pasta and with it we had some fresh bread, some mozzerella basil and tomato and a delicious salad.
The scariest part of today was trying to cook with the Rome water. At first a white film kept forming at the top of the water in the pot. We thought at first the pot was dirty so we washed it, but it happened again. Then we tried switching pots and it didnt' appear that there was any film but when we were cleaning the dishes after dinner there were big globs of white stuff everywhere in the sink and in the empty bowls. We emailed the school to ask what it is and if it can be fixed because... gross.
That is all for today! Bedtime now, goodnight!
Inside the university we got our student I.D.s and ate tons of free snacks. We also guzzled down almost their entire supply of water and juice because we were all extremely dehydrated. Next we went and met with some people to begin the process of getting our permit to stay in Italy. By the way, when I say we I mean myself and the five girls I live with (Caroline, Amy, Alexa, Alyssa, and Britt.)
Some of the girls' luggage got lost at the airport and shipped to the school today so we picked that up and ventured off to find a way home. We wandered around the streets forever trying to find the 44 bus in the opposite direction from the one we came on. We met the first person I've encountered in Rome who speaks English, and he told us where to go to find the bus. However on the way there we got confused and didn't understand where he told us to go. Alexa approached a man at an outdoor market and all of a sudden the whole community was surrounding us trying to help us find the way to our home. They were all so nice and eventually, thanks to them, we found the bus we were looking for.
After dropping the luggage off at home, we left the apartment to find some lunch and go grocery shopping. We ate at a little pizza place where I had ham pizza (yes mom I ate ham even though I hate it) and it was scrumptious! Then we went to two different grocery stores.
The first store we went to was called Todi's and that is where you can get food for half the price of the food at the regular grocery stores. However the food there didn't look that great so we just bought toilet paper, cartons of juice, detergent and bottled water there and bought all our fresh fruits, cheese, meats, and bread at the brand new grocery store directly across the street from our apartment (it just opened today!)
Also, at the grocery store, we found a massive jug of wine for just four euro. (As shown above) What a deal.
After returning home and taking a brief nap, Caroline Amy and I went back to the university and met up with a large group of people for a tour of the neighborhoods where we all live. It turns out the reason that we think Rome is so ugly is because we are not exactly living in Rome, or the Ancient part of Rome. We are more on the outskirts, so all we have to do is take a bus or a tram and we will find the beautiful parts of Rome. What a relief!
Amy, Caroline and I got broken off into a smaller group with just us and three other boys and our tour guide, an awesome girl who loved Rome so much after coming to this school that she stayed here. She took us all around on the busses and trams to show us how to get places and it was so helpful.
The three guys with us were adorable (but no where near as great as pat!). They were the nerdiest boys I have ever met with glasses and combed hair and they were skinny skinny skinny and very shy. However, one of them got up some courage at the end and asked the three of us if we would like to join them for dinner. We were very sad that we had to turn them down because we were cooking our own dinner tonight, but hopefully we will get to see them again soon.
Tonight we cooked ourselves some pasta and with it we had some fresh bread, some mozzerella basil and tomato and a delicious salad.
The scariest part of today was trying to cook with the Rome water. At first a white film kept forming at the top of the water in the pot. We thought at first the pot was dirty so we washed it, but it happened again. Then we tried switching pots and it didnt' appear that there was any film but when we were cleaning the dishes after dinner there were big globs of white stuff everywhere in the sink and in the empty bowls. We emailed the school to ask what it is and if it can be fixed because... gross.
That is all for today! Bedtime now, goodnight!
That is a big bottle of wine. I hope it lasts until May 13th.
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