In Rome, everyday is an adventure. The first day, as I described last time, was the Guadian Angels day.
Day two was Via Annia Bitches day. This was the first day we were all together and we made dinner and dessert and then went out to a pub. We cooked a really responsible meal and then had a relatively irresponsible night out... Well not really, some of us were worse than others-- but the Via Annia bitches don't judge each other. We are a compatible group of weird, crazy, energetic girls. There are five us and we spent the second night bonding instantly.
Day three was YOLO day. YOLO, or you only live once, was the phrase of the day. We had an understandably slow start to the day on day three. Once we did wake up we went shopping and wandering around. Then we might have taken a recouperating four hour nap and jumped outta bed at 9pm ready to go again. Laura and Julia (two of the Via Annia bitches) had met two Italians who brought their friend and we all went walking through the city. The city is so peaceful at night. It is beautiful but so quiet. Our vivid energy was like a bright light in a dark room. We all wanted to know where we were going but the guys didn't seem in any hurry to get anywhere in particular. And then suddenly we were at the Spanish Steps, in a the balmy late night Roman air. It was devestatingly beautiful. Then we wandered back. They were great guys, other then their inability to speak English which is actually a great thing because it forced us to practice our Italian creatively. By the end of the night I could feel that my Italian had improved.
And today was Che Casino day. Everything today was ridiculous. Without each other and our infalable sense of humor, we would have ended up crying by the end of today. It started with Laura pouring pasta sause all over herself before I had even gotten out of my morning shower. Then little things kept happening. Che casino was today's title because since we have been here we have learned three different meanings for it: What a mess (as in the house is a mess or the dishes are a mess), What the fuck, or What a confusion. Today was all those things!
Things that went wrong today:
1. An Italian man told Julia to "move bitch"
2. We mayyyyy have seen the Mafia....?
3. We got attacked by a pidgeon who had an egg hanging out of it??!?!?! (WTFFF??)
4. I spilled pesto everywhere while making dinner
5. We bought really awful cheap lemoncello... and drank it anyway...
6. We found out we aren't supposed to keep our windows open or keep the lights on while we are gone (even on the third floor) and having been doing that......... So went immediately home and fixed that.
7. We were ignored by the other people in our program group :(
8. We went grocery shopping and almost dropped all our bags because we were carrying out weight in food
BUT THENNNNN... We decided to change our fate and are leaving for a bar right now to wind down-- or wind up-- it's ladies night at the bar so holla for half price drinks... YOLO
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