Sorry it's taken me so long to get this out, they ran us pretty ragged our first day out, and I didn't have time to find a wireless signal.(which I can't get indoors, but I have great reception on the porch) .
After the 15 hours of plane rides and airport waiting I landed at Leonardo Di Vinci airport about 50 minutes outside of Rome, or 30 minutes the way Italians drive. Eight of us piled into a Mercedes minivan and headed into th city, going 130 in a 70 zone. This is perfectly normal driving, we passed four police cruisers on the drive, they did nothing. Inside the city traffic is even worse, lanes are non-existent and parking is unbelievable. It is not unusual(or illegal) to double and triple park, park on side-walks or even in an intersection.
Anyway, once we made it to our lodgings, the Residence Candia a couple of us went to lunch at Pizza i Birra(litt: Pizza & Beer) just down the street. Once everyone arrived Prof. Goud took us on a whirlwind tour of downtown Rome. We saw everything from the Trevi Fountain to the fashion shopping district, in only a few hours.
We finished off the day with a standard Italian supper, at 2000h(which is typical meal time, most ristorante do not open until 1930h). The primo(first course) was a pesto gnocchi(ny-AW-ki), small pasta-like potato dumplings. The second course was Italian veal meatballs, finishing with a desert made primarily of whipped eggnog.
After that, it was time for the sleep.
The second day was not quite as entertaining, but we did do breakfast and visit an out door market. But as it's 2230h in Rome right now and I'm exhausted, I'll leave that for later.
1 comment:
ooouu....you got to try gnocchi?...did you like it. i hpe so, i did. we've made it in class so maybe when you get back i can make some for you..if you liked it.
glad to hear you're enjoying yourself and i look foreward to hearing about what you're up to.
xoxo
Christi
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