2/13/09
The last two days have been great! The weather has been beautiful and I think it helps everyone’s mood, even the many sick people roaming our school. Once again, Thursdays are beautiful because I only have one class, leaving plenty of time in the morning to do laundry, make a delicious brunch, and get ready for the day. We went over the Passato Remoto, which everyone grumbled through. Honestly, there are so many irregular forms you can hardly call one regular! Luckily I’ve technically learned it once before, so remembering it is slightly easier… at least the regular verbs… After we all walked over for some delicious gelato with Monica, our teacher. She described it as “ice cream like it used to be made!” I had actually been there before, but it was years ago when the Thomas and Wigley families stayed in the hotel across the street from it. I remember it being delicious then too. All their flavors are seasonal, and I think there will be delicious fruit ones once it’s spring. After class Alyssa and I went to get out Italian book. We walked around for probably an hour Wednesday night and couldn’t find the freaking store, when in actually we walked right up to it, just not past it. Stupid. It was all made ok because we got Gusto Pizza that night… mmmm… Anyway, we found the store, bought the book, and went home to chill for a while before going to see Frost/Nixon at the Odeon Theater. Aside from being the coolest movie theater ever (with big stuffed seats, a balcony, glass dome, and stage like an opera house), the movie was awesome. I actually saw the stage version in Minneapolis over winter break, and I thought the movie was just as good. And Mr. Darcy was in it. And he was blonde. That part was a little weird, but he and everyone else was great. I moseyed back home for a while before going out with some girls. We hit up the fish pub, which was eclectic as always, briefly stopped into 21 (mostly to use the bathroom), walked around a bundle, and got kabobs. All in all, a grand night.
Today I stayed in bed late, because it was the only day this weekend I’ll be able to. And I got homework done so… all around good and productive! Then I explored the city with Keyana and Emily. We finally found a cheap art supplies store, so I got a sketchbook and pencils, which I intended to do when I first got here. I also got a little coin purse for 5 euro on sale (hollah back!). And more gelato. We met up with Jen, Larissa, and Ali and went to House of Sizzle again for dinner. My burger was delicious, though some girls said theirs were a little undercooked. Now I’m home, all packed and ready to go for Rome, charging my ipod and fully confident that I have everything I may need or want (except my cough medicine… yeah, still fighting it off a little). We have to get up at 5:30 tomorrow morning in order to be at the bus station by 6:30 am, because Rome is apparently 4 hours away. I thought it was much closer. I was wrong. I’m really excited for the weekend!! We’re going to see great stuff, and my friends and I decided to have a girls night on Saturday for Valentines Day, which will be fun. I’m curious about the hotel situation, but we’ll find out soon enough. Anyway, that’s it for now, so ciao for the weekend! Happy Friday the 13th!