Sorry, it's been a while, I hope I still remember how to do this... I'm going to skip out on what I did last week and the week before (2 weeks ago I went to l'Orangerie, a museum that has Monet's water lilies, last week I studied for my impossible final on thursday)
Two weekends ago me and Torey ventured to ROME to visit our dear friend Marisa Mozer! It was such a fun weekend! Rome is an awesome city, ruins everywhere you look! Literally walking down the street, oh this ruin to the left looks important, but so does the one to the right... We arrived thursday night, I was under the weather with a bad cold so my ear didn't unpop for at least 3 hours. I also couldn't taste which was a disappointment (we know how I get about food) but no worries! I regained it in time for the good stuff. Mozer and Blinky picked us up from the train station and then we just hung out at her apartment where we saw KIM!!!
The tram drivers in Rome enjoy going on random strikes for no reason every month. Lucky for me and Torey it was Friday! So me and Torey walked EVERYWHERE. For those of you who have been to Rome, it is a large city. I would say we walked at least 7 miles. We went to the Forum and Colosseum first. They were both unreal, we went to the top of the Forum up a path and saw a really pretty view of Rome. After that me and Torey went to lunch at this cute little pizza place. We got pizza and bruschetta! mmmmmm DELISH! After that we walked to Vatican city where we just sat out by a fountain to soak up the sun in the 70 degree weather. Then we went into the Vatican Museum and into the Sistine Chapel. It was awesome to see Michaelangelo's pointing fingers. The museum was a maze to get to the chapel but we found our way! After that we headed back to Mozer's for a nap. (Her program had a full day field trip to this cheese farm thing where they made pizza). Friday night we went for dinner at a place where you buy a drink and then its all you can eat food. Fine by me, the food was different cous cous dishes and stuff like that. After dinner we had our first gelato experience. MMMMMM. Then that night we pregamed in Mozer's apartment and then we all went to a club.
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| Me at the Forum! |
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| Me and Torey at the Forum! |
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| Me and Torey at the Colosseum! |
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| Me and Torey at a pretty fountain in Vatican City! |
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| Me and Kim at dinner! |
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| Blinky, Torey, Me, and Mozer at the club! |
Saturday Mozer took us on a tour around Rome. I can't even remember all of the places we went but we did the important stuff: Trevi fountain, Spanish Steps, GELATO!!!!!, and then the best of all: riding segways through Borghese gardens in 75 degree weather!!! I don't think my smile had been that big since we were in Disneyland, I kid you not. Ughhhh best experience ever. Just want to let everyone know that my birthday is coming up in August so if everyone wants to chip in and get me one, I wouldn't refuse it. I wan't to be the coolest kid on campus next year. After all that stuff we went back to Mozer's apartment and then we went for dinner and had a multiple course meal! I had bruschetta, rigatoni with ragu sauce, meatballs, and a fruit salad! Yummmmm. Saturday Torey and I were so exhausted that we didn't end up going out. We both passed out by 10 pm. Oh, I forgot to mention that I slept on a couch, not a couch but a chair. I was in the fetal position all night. It's a good thing I'm short.
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| Torey, Me and Mozer on SEGWAYS! |
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| Me making a wish at Trevi fountain. |
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| My yummy pasta dinner. |
Sunday mozer took us to the market that is right outside of her apartment. It was INSANE!!! So big and sold so much random stuff! I bought 3 scarves! Yay! Then me and Torey got, you guessed it, PIZZA for lunch! Yummmay! Then me and Torey were headed home.
