Vai Roma!

The rest of weekend was just as amazing as the first night. We spend most of friday at J-Force relaxing and recharging our batteries for the next day. So friday was uneventful- but also that means I don't have to write as much in the post. Which I am kind of happy about because I actually have to do homework (I know it sucks)

The Keyhole!

So Saturday! We headed south of the city to find the "keyhole" it is literally a keyhole that you can look through and see a great view of...well seeing as how we could not get a good photo I feel like I shouldn't tell you what you see, I guess you will have to go there yourself! This area, where you can find the keyhole, was guarded by men with large guns. So I'm not sure exactly what was around, but a wedding was going on and they had a rolls royce..so one can imagine what kind of people live in this area of Rome...and that is all I'm going to say about that. I don't want to know :)

L to R Me, Chana, and Mallory

 

But also, there was a wonderful park with a great view of the city of Rome, you could see the Victor Emmanuel, the Vatican, and so many other great buildings. It kind of smacks you in the face--telling you that yep you are in Rome and it is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. 

Top L to R Me, Sarah S. Chana, Mallory, Dave
Bottom L to R Sarah P. Laura, Ashley, Kristen

For dinner we decided to do it up American Style (hey we have been here a complete month) sometimes you need some hamburgers and fries. We went to a place called T-Bone Station, it's an American Steakhouse, with I'm not kidding- a glossary of American foods on the back of the menu. In Italian, it describes what is cheesecake, chili, tex-mex, different kinds of steaks. It was just so weird. Americans do not see this kind of a food as something special, but Italians think of it like we think of Chinese, it's different from what they normally eat, and they don't always know what is what. I had chicken fingers...and they were amazing :) A little memento of home.

We had wanted to actually go to the Roma v. Inter Milan game, but apparently tickets were really expensive, so we settled for heading to a bar and watching the game. And let me tell you, it was an experience! First of all we all bought Roma t-shirts to wear out, but we stuck out like a sore thumb because doing that is defiently an American thing to do- unless you actually go to the game. But we rolled with it. But the biggest difference is how the Italian act when the game is on. We were at this large bar and everyone was silent- like deep in thought while the game was going on. Sometimes you were hear screaming and yelling and some "Vai, Vai Vai!!" Which means GO! GO! GO! But people actually go to watch the game at bars. It's not really a social event. People have such a deep personal interest in who wins the games- nothing else is important at the moment.

Roma Wins!

Milan was supposed to win, they are the best teams in the league. But guess who upset them! ROMA!! ROMA!! ROMA!!! VAI VAI VAI!!! Sarah was wearing a the jersey of the guy who scored too! It was great! The bar was rocking! There were people on the street looking in the windows and cheering in the streets! It was crazy!

Sarah Shuel and I ended back at Giovanni's place for a bit to say hello and we headed home. But we didn't actually get to bed until 6am. We left J-Force at 2 in the afternoon. 

Sounds like a great day in Roma to me!

Sunday is going to be spent laughing at the photos that were taken last night, joking about how crazy everyone was, and planning next weekend's festivities! We don't have class on wednesday because of the Papal Audience, but we have a friday class this week, so it evens out. I guess it is still a 4 day week.

I actually need to study for my Art History test though. I can't believe I actually need to study. It's rather sad- because I haven't really studied here. And I've been here a month. I love it.

Ciao Bella