First Two Days

So It's been just over 40 hours or so since I landed in Rome, and I'm just about acclimated to the city and to the time change. Being up for over 30 hours or so took its toll on me by the end of the night, but was well worth staying up. I got to the hotel around 1pm rome time, and we were assigned our rooms. I am in a small double room with the computer science major, Nathan, from villanova. The room is small but considering I don't plan on being here much other than sleeping, very manageable. We had a meeting at 4:30 at the "classroom building" which is on the road literally across the street. From there all four of us Villanova students went to the campo de fiori, a square which was originally known for being a flower market(fiori in italian) but is now full with restaurants and other shops. We chose a small restaurant in the square for dinner, which had some pretty good pasta.

Day two brought about a lot of sleep(15 hours) and some exploring. Woke up in time for lunch at the hotel, where I had, contrary to popular belief of this existing in Italy, Spaghetti and meatballs. the catch is that they were served separate, the pasta on one plate and the meatballs were served with peas in their own broth type sauce on another plate, but regardless I consider it spaghetti and meatballs. Food was excellent, I could get used to this being my meal plan at villanova. Afterward I went exploring for cell phones, but couldn't find the carrier I was looking for so returned empty handed to get ready to go to class, only to find out that my only class for the day had been canceled. Off to the pantheon which is down the same road the classroom building is on, the first real italian tourist attraction I've seen while being here. We got to see mass going on inside, and when it ended we were able to go inside, all lit up. From there to the Trevi fountain, where I threw my coin in, over my left shoulder, which as legend has it will guarantee you will return to Rome someday.

Dinner tonight was at a place called Mickeys, another big college student spot. Prosciutto sandwich, cheap and one of the best sandwiches I've had.

You can check out some pictures I took today, and for the rest of the trip here: http://picasaweb.google.com/ramlax13/Rome#

Or just look at the slideshow to the right!


That's all for now! Tomorrow, a more meaningful/thought provoking post, other than a summary of my day. Buona sera!