Today for class we went to the Quirinal’s palace, which is where the “president” (I don’t know his official term…) of Rome resides. It was really cool, but the tour went longer than it was supposed to, so we didn’t really get to have a final day of class. After class was done, my family came to my apartment and helped me pack up my things. When we finished, we brought my suitcase to their hotel to make it easier to leave tomorrow evening and then treated ourselves to some gelato from my favorite place–La Romana. From there we went for a guided tour of the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill. Our tour guide was a friend of Becca’s who was very sweet and made the tours enjoyable.
When we finished with those, we headed to Campo de Fiori for dinner because I had a place I really wanted to bring my family because it’s delicious, but when we got there, it was closed. I could not have been more disappointed because I wanted to eat there for my last night. Instead we went to La Carbonara, which is a well known restaurant on the other end of Camp de Fiori. I had my favorite dish, Cacia e Pepe and everyone else seemed to enjoy their meals as well.
We came back in the direction of my apartment, but first stopped at Hard Rock Rome to look around and I bought a shirt. When we got back to my apartment, I sent my paper to my teacher so I wouldn’t have to think about it, tidied up a bit and then we left one more time for the night. I really wanted to bring my family to the Vatican at night and tonight was the only chance I had. Though it was getting late, it didn’t matter. We got to the Vatican and got to see it all lit up and how gorgeous it looked. We went to one more well known gelato place around the corner from it called Old Bridge and then called it a night.
I came back to my apartment, showered and reviewed a bit for my final that I have in the morning. I can’t believe my study abroad experience is really over once I take my final. It’s been a crazy, but awesome experience for me and I wouldn’t trade it. Thanks for following along with my blog and reading about my happenings in Rome! I’ll possibly still post a bit while we travel in Ireland, but until then–for the last time from Italy–arrivederci!
--
Read more from Jenna at https://jeninrome.wordpress.com/
Check out http://studyabroad.uark.edu/romecampus for more information on the U of A Rome Center: Summer Campus.
