We still ended up arriving a little late to class, which we got in a little bit of trouble for, though it couldn’t have been controlled unfortunately. We toured part of the museum and saw the Sistine chapel and it was very cool. While the Sistine chapel was very impressive, I expected it to be different. It seemed a bit smaller than I would have guessed, but there were also a ton of people in there, so they could have very possibly made it just feel smaller than it actually was.
When we were done there a few of us wanted to get lunch because we were starving. We decided McDonald’s was a good option because it was a little fix of home. (Which, how unfortunate it is that the only fix of home here is McDonald’s…) We left there and headed back to our apartments. When I got back I was hoping that the power would be back, but was sorely mistaken. I went to my school to drop off a form for my travels this weekend and mentioned the power being out to my student advisor who said she would make a call about it. I came back to still no power, meaning no lights, wifi, working stove/fridge, so there wasn’t much for me to do around here. I decided a nap sounded like a good idea since I was exhausted from an early morning and it was either that or sit around until someone comes to take care of the power.
When I woke up, I headed back to the school with a few of the girls downstairs because we had one of our last “extracurricular” activities: gelato tasting! I was very excited about this one to say the least. We met at the school and then left for “the best gelato in Rome”, La Romana. I would have to agree, it truly is the best and I’ve had my share of gelato. For our tasting we each got to try five small scoops in a cone and it was FANTASTIC. I couldn’t tell you what flavors I had, but they were all delicious. And the best part about La Romana is before they load up your cone you get to pick if you want white chocolate or milk chocolate in the bottom of your cone for the last bite. It’s SO GOOD. If you’re ever in Rome, you HAVE to make La Romana a destination on your checklist.
After that we came back to the apartment…and had power….yay! For whatever reason though, my computer struggled with connecting to wifi and keeping it the entire evening, so I couldn’t really do anything with my paper and kinda just had to bum around. I did a load of laundry, made dinner and showered though, so I wasn’t a total lump all evening. So like I said, it wasn’t the worst day, but it definitely wasn’t the best, BUT that gelato certainly moved it up from the ranking I would have given the day without it. Now it’s time for bed for me, but I’ll post again tomorrow–until then–arrivederci!
(I go to Germany on Friday and my family will be here in 4 days!
SO excited!)
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