(sorry, so cliche but I'm so glad that the one time I say that it makes sense.)
Mary accompanies me to the hostel where a ton of us are staying, which turns out to be in the middle of boofoo nowhere, Rome. We then enjoy some legit Italian coffee (which is delish by the way) and walk about 23480 miles around the city (my favorite way to see things.) She shows me her beautiful apartment, their school, the Tiber, the Pantheon, St. Peter's, the Trevi Fountain and this beautiful urban area I cannot remember the name to. And she takes me to the most amazing gelato stand in Rome, Old Bridge. All I can say is that if I studied in Rome I would be an absolute horse.
Later that night my friend Ellyn comes with me back to the apartments and we meet up with our roommates and our two other friends studying in Innsbruck and Athens. We go to dinner and then this fun bar where there are literally like 70 ND kids from all over Europe, all in Rome for the weekend. So great to catch up with people I literally have not seen in like a year. I am so glad everyone found this place also. I never realized how incredibly huge Rome is.
The next day Ellyn and I meet up with the roommates again and hit the town. They show us the market where they buy everything from fresh mozzerella to fresh flowers, the Colosseum (WOW), the Forum, Hadrian's Mosoleum, Vatican again and the Piazza de Popolo. It is a perfectly beautiful day, and what's more is that Ellyn and I are totally spoiled because our roomates definitely pay attention in history class and are able to tell us about literally every monument and piazza that we encounter.
Later that night the 4 of us make a delicious Italian dinner of pesto and caprese and plenty of white wine. We hang for a while at the apartments before heading out again to meet up with the other ND friends. We go to this bar right near the Spanish steps and call it an early-ish night since everyone has to get up early. My flight in the morning is painless and uneventful, my favorite kind.
One of my favorite trips this semester. MY NEXT FLIGHT IS TO JFK. omg.
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