Epic Hawaii Comes to Rome Post

Sorry for the delayed update, but this month has been really busy. Once getting back from Amsterdam, I went straight to dinner with my dear old dad. It was sooooo nice to get to see him in Rome, as I write this, about a week after he left, I wish I could see him again. We spent the week sightseeing, eating (lots), getting gelato every day (at least once) and giving him a look into my life here. He got to meet my friends, see my life and we even did things I hadn't done yet, like go to the Jewish Museum and Synagogue.
The Monday he was here was his 21st birthday (and by 21 most of you know I mean 21+ a lot of years) so we threw him a mini party at The Drunkenship. He doesn't like being reminded of this fact, but me and Debbie beat him and my friend Brian at Beer Pong. He can consider it his birthday present though that he has a daughter with such a skill (and his son has the same skill... runs in the family or something)
I took him to all my favorite spots around the city, like the Borghese Park (which we also went to the Borghese Gallery) and the Aventine Hill Orange Garden and keyhole, as well as all the favorite restaurants and gelaterie and fun things like that. Even got him addicted to suppli. noms.

The Thursday my dad was here, one of my closest friends from high school Becca (known as Vanessa) came to visit for the weekend. It was extra nice having both of them here for the day and was just the taste of home I needed, without realizing it since I get caught up in how much I love it here that I forget the little things from home I missed. I hadn't seen her in two years almost, so we had a lot of catching up and literally picked up right where we left off (after catching up on the last 2 years of our lives). We spent Friday morning with the popsle then after a sad, close to tears, good bye we headed off to a different country... Vatican City.
I know I know, I've been in Rome for 3 months and hadn't been there yet. It was really fun though. It was amazing to see all these things I had learned in school and studied in Art History class, like School of Athens and the Sistine Chapel. It really is awesome to see, and definitely worth the like 12 euro to get in. Luckily we were smart and reserved tickets cause the line otherwise was massssive.
The rest of the weekend we did a bunch of touristy things, it was culture week so the Colosseum was free to go to, we rented bikes in the park and road around and then did a lot of cooking and wandering around the city. There was also a chocolate festival so we went to that and got cannoli's cause those are Sicilian and they don't have them very many places here. Best choice ever to go to the chocolate festival.
It's definitely a bummer than their visits went by way too quickly, but in another week Adam will be here and we're going to the Amalfi Coast together. Until then... Easter weekend (heading down to St Peter's square for easter morning) and writing all my papers due the week adam's here (4 papers yipee) but right now Gabby and I want some gelatoooo