Buon giorno!
So it's 10:40 am here, I didn't get a chance to write yesterday because we slept in pretty late (11:30, which for me is like sleeping till 4) and then we got our cappucinni (grandpa is really starting to love us) and cooked a brunch of gnocchi, peas, prosciutto, mushrooms and freshly grated parmesano reggeano. We then took the bus with our roommates to the campus to show them where to go for things then walked around the area to see what was around there. We found an adorable park with all these statues and fountains and an amazing sweets/pastry shop where we treated ourselves to one each and sat on a bench to eat them.
Around 6 there was a walking tour of Rome that one of the RezGrads did. The RezGrads are like our RA's, but I have no idea where they live... not in our building. The tour showed us all the areas across the river, which is considered "downtown" and it's also where the nightlife is. A group of us stayed down there after the tour and went to this really nice and kinda hip restaurant in the Campo di Fiori, where our waiter was very heavily trying to get us to go to his friends club after. We already had plans as there was a big thing going on at one of the American type bars, right down the street. Between 6 of us we got a few bottles of wine and killed the time between dinner standing against the statue in the Campo di Fiori and drank as we people watched. Yup, that's totally legal and pretty local to do here... just drink at the fountains, or statues, or most places. We then ventured to the bar and later on to a discotec to dance.
Transportation is getting so much easier now, that we haven't been walking quite so much. I'm sure soon that will pick up again because all we eat are carbs and we'll want to walk them off or when it's nice out I don't see a point in taking the bus, but after last night it was nice to have a bus to take us 2 blocks from our apartment. There is a tram, a bus and a metro here. The metro is kinda far, but the bus and tram system are really good. What's even better about the systems is that unless there is one of the metropolice on there, no one pays. Their system is that you get a bus ticket and you validate it in a machine in the middle/back of the bus and then it's good for 75 minutes. So basically unless there's a guard no one will watch you, but if there is a guard he'll ask to see your ticket and see if it's been validated.
Alright well I'm off to get ready for the day. We're finally going downtown to go do a few touristy things so I'll definitely have some amazing pictures later today to share.
Ciao
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