The Best things About Rome --- Week 1
After a few days here, I'm starting to begin to take in some of the Italian culture. These are my top 10 favorite things from the first couple days in Rome.
10.)The apartment. With all due respect to everyone else in the program, we by far have the best apartment to live in. Trust me I’ve seen them all. I love the Cottage, but that might not cut it after this place. We have an awesome living room, a sweet balcony and keys that are from the olden times and just add so much to the whole experience. That’s right, keys!
9.)The rest of the shops. There’s small ones, big ones, and millions in between. But they’re all cool and I want to buy stuff from all of them.
8.)The Campo De Fiori. Picture the world’s best farmer’s market, then throw in a few high scale restaurants, some specialty stores including a fantastic liquor store and a monument in the middle that you can sit on and people watch all day and you still can’t imagine the awesomeness of the campo.
7.)The professor. P. Moy gets more and more legit every day. I really hope she goes out to the bars with us this weekend.
6.)The students. Our group is amazing. Everyone is awesome, we get along phenomenally and we’re going to have one hell of a trip!
5.)The driving. People are freaking crazy. I feel like I’m a careful person but I still almost get run about 15 times on my way to class. I'm 94.3% sure that someone will get hit by a car before the trip is over, and I think the odds on favorites are me or Matt.
4.)The bars. Granted, this is my first go around with the whole bar thing, but I can’t imagine it’s this fun in the U.S. Having 20 people that came with you to a foreign country to get you drinks and play beer pong with definitely helps.
3.)The views. Buildings that have been around since before the United States (and my parents :D) are all over the place. They just blend in with everything else.
2.)The people. They seem just as fascinated with me as I am with them.
1.)The food. Hands down. This stuff is incredible. Papa Murphy’s will never taste as good again.
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David,
ReplyDeleteIm glad youre having a blast over there! Rome is an awesome place to visit, not to mention live and study. Take some time to get the know the Trevi fountain area, and hit up the gelato shops.
Be sure and stuff yourself as much as you can before returning home, it took me 3-4 weeks before I could have a substantive meal state-side because the quality was so different.
Keep up the good work and get out there and have some fun!
Cheers,
Jeff Martin
Hey David! It looks like you're having a good time over there. I'm so jealous! I miss Roma. The food was definitely one of my favorite things about my experience over there. If you want to know of any good places to eat, let me know. I'll do my best to remember!
ReplyDeletepapa murpheys is hella legit. don't be hatin'
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