Great Day- Doing it like the Romans, w/ The Romans

Waking up after only four hours of sleep came way too fast this morning. All my roommates (except Libby) had 9 AM class- and we were all late (don't worry mom and dad- only a few minutes...because of the bus). I went to my one and only class of the day: Art of Rome (3 hour class on Thursdays). The professor is a younger guy- just awesome. I wasn't even bored going through the syllabus (mad props to his humor and creativity). With an hour left of class, we took the Bus44 to 'downtown Rome' and walked to the 3 meeting points for on-sight days. Obviously Rome is known for its statues and buildings- with this class I will be able to learn about it's history more in depth...I love it and am so happy that I decided not to drop it (I dropped my [only tuesday class] Intro to International Business).

later on

One of the first nights we met three Italians, one named Gianluigi. He speaks enough English to have conversations with us about anything..we just have to speak slow. Tonight he showed us to a REAL Italian Restaurant called PAPPAMMI' (His friend and his friend's wife own the restaurant). They gave us a huge hallow bread ball that you snack on in between courses etc. We ate a antipasti capionatore (appetizer sampler), which had a bowl of breads (flat, buns, and sliced) with a bowl of different cut up meats soaked in olive oil. They also present the table with a basket of the meat and a knife if you're interested in more. A bowl of baked beans, a plate of sliced cheese with balsamic vinegar on it, and a (honey?) sweet soft cheese for dipping.
The second course was battered vegetables with a type of sweet/sour sauce....yumm. This course also included a type of cheesy potato.
In Italy, people top off their dinner with coffee or liquor. We had a tiny shot glass of Nocino (unrip walnuts steamed with liquor) for digesting.

We then went to a Wine Bar called Ferro E Ghisa (translated it means iron & cast ironing-why? I have no idea..) It was a griglieria(grill)/wine bar/pizzeria. It was very modern/high class looking. Blue lights, glass windows and entrance. Good looking Italians. Libby and I were most certainly the only Americans.

Got to talk to my computer tonight (mom/dad- please fix your computer or Skype so I can see your pretty faces and hear your voices)

Ciao bellas.