tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49294975934573200762024-03-18T19:46:18.674-07:00Rome: Spring 2013Our semester in Roma and Europe.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929497593457320076.post-7203447788807214722013-06-01T04:29:00.004-07:002013-06-01T04:29:42.948-07:00Paris<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We arrived in Paris in the late afternoon. After retrieving
our bags from baggage claim, we set off to find Jazz’s friend Mallory, who had
flown into the same airport but was in a different terminal. Once we found her,
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Our hostel was in the section of Paris known as the “Latin
Quarter.” The area was filled with restaurants and street food. We were very
close to the Notre Dame, the Louvre, and the Love Lock Bridge. We were about an
hour’s walk away from the Eiffel Tower. Once we checked into the hostel and put
our stuff away, we headed out to explore the city. The first landmark we
visited was the Louvre, however, we didn’t go inside it (although we 2 days
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<b>DAY 2<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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We left early in the morning to go to the Eiffel Tower.
Unfortunately the weather in Paris wasn’t as nice as the weather we have gotten
used to in Rome, the cruise, and Prague. It was much colder and rained on and
off every day. The colder weather didn’t
stop us from walking around. After visiting the Eiffel Tower, we took the metro
back to grab a bite to eat. Then, we met up with a group to do a free walking
tour. The tour was supposed to be about 3 hours, but we only stayed about an
hour because the sky got extremely dark and it looked like it was about to
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Once we left the walking tour, we headed toward the Notre
Dame. Then, we walked around some of the neighboring areas, and eventually made
our way back to the hostel. All three of us fell asleep for about 2 hours—a
much needed nap. The rest of the night consisted of dinner and going to see the
Eiffel Tower lit up at night. We didn’t travel to the Eiffel Tower, but we
watched it from a distance. Every hour the whole tower sparkles for 5 minutes,
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We took the train to
the Palace of Versailles, which was a little outside the city. We arrived early
in the morning and toured the Palace. By the time we finished, the rain clouds
had rolled in, along with the rain. Because of the rain, we weren’t able to
enjoy the beautiful gardens Versailles had to offer. We quickly walked out
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We left Versailles and headed back into the city. We visited
the Arch de Triumph and then headed back towards the hostel. The rest of the afternoon consisted of resting
at the hostel and walking around. In the evening we went into the Louvre, which
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The catacombs were one of the last major sites we wanted to
visit before leaving Paris. The line was very long when we arrived, and we
decided not to wait. Next, we walked to the Luxembourg Gardens where we relaxed
for a little while. After leaving the gardens, we walked around the Latin
Quarter, which we hadn’t fully explored yet. We had a lot of time between
checking out of our hostel and leaving for the airport. Our plane didn’t leave
until 9:30 at night. The rest of the day we spent walking around and eating,
before we went to the airport to leave for Rome. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929497593457320076.post-49894052003596653752013-06-01T04:26:00.000-07:002013-06-01T04:26:05.171-07:00Prague<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After departing the cruise ship, we headed to the airport to
board our plane to Prague. We have heard that Prague is an amazing city, so we
were really excited to finally get there. The hotel we stayed in was very nice and was
about a 2.5 mile walk from the historical center. The weather was great during
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Our first full day began by us waking up early to head into
the city. We left around 8:00 and walked around for a couple hours before
taking a free walking tour at 11:00. The tour was about three hours and took us
to most of the historical sites in the city. We had an awesome tour guide who
was very knowledgeable and funny. The free tour went by quickly—due to the
combination of the interesting guide, beautiful weather, and being surrounded
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one. Our same guide was leading a castle tour. We had about 15 minutes to grab
lunch before beginning the next 3 hour tour. We grabbed a quick lunch and
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After finishing the second walking tour, we wanted to eat
traditional Czech food for dinner before walking back to our hostel. The tour
guide recommended a restaurant nearby, so we headed there. We both wanted
goulash, which is a popular eastern european dish, but the restaurant had recently run out
and was in the process of making a new batch (this would take another couple of
hours). Instead, we ordered two different, delicious dishes off the menu. The
meal was very good and it was a much needed rest before walking the 2 miles
back to the hotel. We were exhausted by the time we got back around 7:00,
having been walking about 12 hours straight. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Since we saw almost the entire city on day 1, we chose to
sleep in and have a later start. Jazz was sick with a cold yesterday, but woke
up feeling much worse today. After eating the hotel breakfast (which was
included in the price of our hotel room), we headed towards center city. We
walked around for a few hours and headed to the same Czech restaurant for
lunch. We still wanted goulash, and luckily they had it today. It wasn’t quite
what we were expecting, but it was still good. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We took a 7 night cruise which left from a seaport right outside of
Rome called Civitavecchia and traveled to Messina (Italy), Athens (Greece),
Kusadasi (Turkey), and Chania (Greece). The cruise was a much needed, relaxing
vacation. We had amazing weather almost the entire week—it was about 80 degrees
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The Royal Caribbean ship we were on was called the Navigator of the
Seas. It wasn’t the newest ship, but everything was maintained very well. We
had an inside stateroom, with no windows, so naturally we did not spend much
time in there. We took advantage of the pool area, spending time both in the
sun, and lounging on chairs in the shaded areas. The shaded areas were really
nice because the chairs faced large, glass windows that looked out at sea. Of
course we were both excited that most of the food was included in the purchase
price of the ship. Even though we ate our fair share of dessert, we were most
excited by the variety of foods (since we had been lacking variety in Rome),
and the healthy foods, such as salads and lots of fruit. Almost every night,
except for the “formal nights,” where everyone was dressed in ball gowns and
tuxedos, we ate in the dining room. We were assigned a table with the same
waiter every night. The ship also included a nice fitness center, which Jazz
visited all but one day. <o:p></o:p><br />
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The first stop on the cruise was Messina, Italy. We arrived the morning
after departure from Civitavecchia and we were both exhausted from our
traveling from Napoli. There isn’t too much to do in Messina, and we weren’t as
excited to visit there since we had been living in Italy. We got off and walked
around a little bit, got ourselves a Sicilian cannoli, and then headed back
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After leaving Messina, we had a day at sea before reaching Athens early
Tuesday morning. We left the ship around 7:00AM, to make our way into Athens.
It took about a two mile walk (which is nothing to us now, since we have gotten
used to walking everywhere) and a metro ride to reach Athens. Once we arrived
in Athens, we headed straight for the Acropolis. We were glad we left so early
because we beat all the crowds, who were arriving as we were finishing. After
seeing the Acropolis we walked to the first Olympic stadium in modern history.
Then we went into the Museum of War, which had a lot of war artifacts, like
guns, knives, uniforms, etc. Once we finished in the museum it was lunchtime,
and we went in search of gyros and
baklava (a delicious dessert with layers of pastry dough, a walnut and raisin
filling, drizzled with honey), which we eventually found. We had a really good
day in Athens, and made it back on the ship in the late afternoon.<br />
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The next morning we woke up in Kusadasi, Turkey. The main attraction in
this tourist town is Ephesus, which is about a 30 minute drive outside the
city. Ephesus is a former Greek town, turned Roman city, famous for having the
temple of Artemis (one of the ancient wonders of the world). While walking to
find the transport to take us to Ephesus, we met a nice British couple who was
also going to Ephesus. The van didn't take us to the entrance of Ephesus, but
instead dropped us off at the base of the mountain. We were told to walk left,
about 5km (3.2 miles) around the side of the mountain to the entrance. Well,
half of the people in our bus went straight, and we turned left like the guy
who gave directions said. We were still with the British couple, so that provided
some nice entertainment for the walk ahead. It seemed like the road was leading
nowhere. We passed multiple cars and buses, a few fields with cows, and a field
with women working in it (they all stopped and stared as we walked by).
Finally, about an hour later, we reached the entrance of Ephesus. It was
incredibly crowded, with tour groups everywhere. Despite the crowds, we were
extremely impressed with the old city. The amount we saw covered a lot of
ground and we considered it to be large, but in reality only 10% has been
uncovered. We found out later that if we had walked straight instead of left
you could enter through the exit, which was about 200m from where we got off.<br />
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The fourth city we stopped at was Chania, located on the Greek island of
Crete. We had to take a short bus ride
from the cruise ship into the city center. We first went into a large, indoor
market, which was right outside the bus stop. After looking around in there,
eating the best baklava we’ve had, and utilizing the free wifi offered (you had
to pay for internet on the ship and it was very expensive), we headed out of
the market. Upon stepping outside, we were greeted by strong winds, light rain,
and a very cloudy sky. It looked like it was going to storm really badly, so we
made the decision to catch the bus back to the ship. We were disappointed that
the weather looked so terrible because the city was very walkable and looked
like it had a lot of shops and things to look at. It was also unfortunate
because we left this port much earlier than all the other ones—at 2:30 instead
of 4:30—so there was no chance of going back into town if the weather cleared
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The cruise came to a close with another day at sea, and then arriving
back in Civatavecchia the following morning. We departed the cruise at 7:00 in
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">After moving out of the
dorms, we had to find somewhere to spend 2 nights, before we left for our
cruise. We decided to go back to Napoli because it was cheap and it has
delicious pizza. We only had one full day to spend doing something, so we chose
to go to the island of Capri. Capri is an island off the coast of Napoli. It is
famous for being a vacation getaway for a lot of Europe's wealthy people.
In order to get there, we had to catch a ferry from the Napoli harbor.
The ferry ride was a little over an hour. We took the first ferry of the
morning at 7:45, which allowed us to reach Capri before the mass amounts
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">We were fortunate to
have amazing weather. It was sunny, but not too hot. Luckily it wasn't cloudy,
so we were able to take in all the fantastic views. It turns out that there
isn't much to actually do on the island besides walking around, shopping (all
high end, designer stores), and eating. There are a couple attractions, such as
the blue grotto and a chairlift ride to the top of the island. Unfortunately
everything was really expensive, so we mainly walked around, people watched,
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We are heading to Napoli/Capri for two days before we leave for a cruise out of Civitavecchia (Rome's Port). We decided on the cruise because it will give us the chance to see as many places as we can before we leave (and to enjoy the warm weather). The cruise is through Royal Caribbean and is 8 nights. We stop in Messina, Piraeus(Athen's port city), Kusadasi (Turkey), and Khania (Crete).<br />
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After the cruise we leave for Prague, Paris, and then back to Rome for a few days before our flight. We're not sure of the wifi availability in any of our hostels so the updates will likely be extremely sporadic.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929497593457320076.post-39792258164035216212013-04-14T02:19:00.002-07:002013-04-14T02:19:58.048-07:00MunichWe've recently posted the Berlin and Papal Election posts around the same time, if you haven't read them check them out!<br />
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We took a train from Berlin to Munich. It was a 6 hour train ride (and was much, much more comfortable than a flight), but went by surprisingly fast. We arrived in Munich in the early evening, so we didn't do much on our first day other than visit the BMW museum and Olympic stadium.<br />
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Our Munich hostel was located directly across the street from the train station and it was only a 5-10 minute walk to get to the city center. The city center had streets with tons of shops and restaurants. The best part about the city center was that no cars were allowed--it was a pedestrian only zone.<br />
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After getting situated at our hostel, we set out to eat dinner at the famous Hofbrauhaus. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Hofbrauhaus, it is a famous beer hall. Beer halls are extremely popular in southern Germany and are famous for their Bavarian food and lively atmosphere. We had to wait outside in a massive group, and eventually we were all let in at once. You have to search the massive beer hall (it's 3 stories and holds up to 3,000 people) to find a seat. The inside consists of long tables and you sit with random people. We found a seat fairly easily, since March isn't high tourist season. We ordered beers, a bread basket, and some delicious food. After dinner we walked around for a little bit and then headed to the hostel. We were pretty tired from exploring Berlin, so we went to bed early.<br />
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On our second day in Munich, we woke up early and went to the train station to meet a tour group that was leaving for Dachau Concentration Camp. The train station hosts multiple kiosks and small bakeries where we got breakfast every morning (usually coffee, fruit, a pretzel or bakery item). Fruit cups seemed to be very popular in Munich and all the kiosks had delicious fruit cups for only a euro. I was excited to have some fruit after eating all the food we ate in Berlin.<br />
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We left with the tour group heading to Dachau around 9:30 in the morning. We took a train from the train station to the city of Dachau, where we took a bus to the concentration camp. Dachau Concentration Camp was one of the first concentration camps built and it served as a basis for most of the others. Dachau began as a work camp for political prisoners. It started off with acceptable conditions and very little cruel treatment. However, as the war progressed more groups of people were sent to the camp, such as Jews, Homosexuals, and what the Nazi's deemed criminals. The conditions worsened as the war went on and as more people arrived at the camp. Dachau was built for 5,000 people...by the end of the war it was overflowing with over 30,000 inhabitants. It was very emotional and eyeopening to be at the camp and learn the history.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barracks (contained 13 rows of two long barracks)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early beds, later removed dividers and overflowed with people</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guard living quarters</td></tr>
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Later that day we went to Nymphenburg Palace, which was the Bavarian royal families summer palace. It was modeled after the French Versailles palace and was quite impressive. It is hard to tell from the pictures how amazingly large the palace was.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The king at the time went around all of Bavaria in search of the most beautiful women, he brought an artist with him who hand painted a portrait of every single one to create a room filled with the portraits.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The front</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View across the lake, gondolas took guests around in front. The buildings actually wrap all the way behind where we took this picture</td></tr>
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We ate at a different beer hall called Augustiner for dinner. It is more low key than Hofbrahaus, but had just as good beer and food.<br />
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Day 3 in Munich consisted of a day trip to Fussen, Germany where we toured castles. It was a 2 hour train ride to reach Fussen, and then a short bus ride up to the castles. The first one we toured was the Hohenschwangau castle. This was the older of the two castles, where the royal family would spend their summers. The second castle, Neuschwanstein, is much grander and was built by King Ludwig II (who grew up as a prince in the first castle was saw). He built this fairy tale castle once he became king. Neuschwanstein is the castle that Walt Disney based the Magic Kingdom castle off of. Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take pictures inside the castles. However, the view from the outside was pretty incredible. The castles were situated across from one another in the German alps, and both overlooked a large lake.<br />
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We were starving by the time we got home from Fussen and we headed to Augustiner for a final Bavarian meal. The next morning we left early to fly back to Rome. It was quite a change going from Germany back to Rome, especially in regards to the weather. In Rome it was almost 70 degrees and sunny..completely different from super cold and snowing!Jazzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594926378336659037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929497593457320076.post-21181048863247200792013-04-12T09:09:00.001-07:002013-04-12T09:09:23.753-07:00Berlin We are a little delayed in updating the blog after spring break, but better late than never! Let us preface with letting you know that we ate lots and lots of food, and the pictures corroborate that. We have a saved map of our favorite places if anyone is interested in where we traveled (http://goo.gl/maps/Vkak2)<br />
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The first part of our spring break was spent in Berlin, Germany. Berlin was quite a change of scenery from Rome, where the weather was warming up for Spring. Berlin, on the other hand, was covered in snow and snowed most of the time we were there.We arrived in the afternoon and had to take the city bus from the airport to our hostel. This bus was supposed to go directly to the hostel, but about halfway through, the bus driver stopped and told everyone to get off. We still don't know exactly what happened, since the bus driver spoke in German. Luckily, he dropped us off at the main train station, so we were able to go inside and get directions to the hostel from there.<br />
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We eventually made our way to the hostel, which was in an amazing location in the city center. The hostel was decent. Our room was very small, but had everything we needed. We had to share bathrooms with the rest of the hall. The showers were pretty awful. The lights were motion censored and would randomly turn off after the time ran out, since you were no longer in the sensors line of sight. The water was the biggest problem. The faucet was one of those where you press it and water comes out for about 10 seconds, then turns off. This resulted in you trying to shower and constantly pressing the faucet to keep the water going, and if you didn't press it in time the water would turn off on you.<br />
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After dropping our stuff off at the hostel, we made our way to Curry 61 for lunch. Currywurst is a very popular street food in Berlin. It is a curry sausage sprinkled with curry powder and then topped with a curry tomato sauce and served with french fries. It was very cold in Berlin and we were really hungry for lunch, which made the warm currywurst even more tasty. On our way back from Curry61, we came across a little market, and saw a stand where a woman was serving homemade streusel. We got really good apple streusel with vanilla sauce. Next, we went to visit the Brandenburg Gate, Berliner Dom, DDR Museum, and Reichstag.<br />
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Visiting these sites took up the rest of the afternoon, and then we made our way to Bejte, an Ethiopian restaurant, for dinner. The restaurant was small and cozy. We chose to sit at the traditional, Ethiopian tables, instead of the typical restaurant tables. The traditional section consisted of benches with pillows and stools. There is a round table in front of you where the food was served, and you set your drinks on a table to the side. I ordered Ethiopian mango beer, which was delicious. Stefan had a traditional Ethiopian beer, which was also really good. We didn't understand the menu because it was in German/Ethiopian, so we weren't sure what to order. Our waiter, who was the owner, spoke English and was extremely nice and helpful. He recommended the platter for two that consisted of meats and vegetables, which is what we ended up ordering. The food was incredible, and I wish we had time to go back there again.<br />
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Day 2 in Berlin consisted of a lot of walking. We made our way to Checkpoint Charlie and then to the Topography of Terror (an amazing exhibit on the Third Reich). After visiting both those sites, we headed back towards our hostel. It was Easter and right around the corner was a festival. We stopped and got a bratwurst and potato pancakes with applesauce. We then made our way to Dolores Burritos (like a Chipotle). We have been deprived of "Mexican" food and just had to jump on the opportunity to eat it. Afterwards we walked around the city exploring a little more and thawed out at our hostel. That night we tried a Vietnamese restaurant, where we ordered spring rolls and wanton soup. Unfortunately we were so full from all the food we had eaten earlier in the day, we didn't have the appetite for an entree but wanted something warm.<br />
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Day 3 began with us sleeping in and then walking around. I haven't mentioned this yet, but there was a Dunkin Donuts right by our hostel. I was thrilled to be able to order a bagel with cream cheese and most importantly, a black coffee, since all you can find in Rome are stronger coffees (the caffe americanos we have tried have not been very good). It was also so cold all day, that we stopped in again in the afternoons to get a warm drink (usually Chai tea for me)...of course we also got a doughnut. So, after getting my morning coffee and bagel, we decided to walk around for a bit and then make the trip to Mustafa's for a Doner Kabap. It was the best Kabap we have ever eaten, filled with meat, vegetables (cucumber, lettuce, tomato, onion) and sauces. On our way back from Mustafas, we stopped into Ritter Sport, a chocolate company. You can make your own chocolate bars there, and we each made our own. Much of the day consisted of walking around trying to burn off all of the food we ate.<br />
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After leaving Ritter Sport, we headed to the meeting place for a 4 hour walking tour. Our guide was very nice and knowledgeable. He took us to many different sites in Berlin and gave us the history. It was so cold out, and I was freezing the entire time, but in the end I had learned a lot and I'm really glad we did the tour. We ended up visiting a few sections of the Berlin wall, museum island, the area hitlers bunker was located, and quite a few other preserved former soviet sections of East Berlin.<br />
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The tour ended right by one of the most famous chocolate stores in Berlin, so naturally we had to visit. We purchased an assortment of truffles and looked at the chocolate statues they had displayed. After leaving the chocolate store we went back to the Easter festival, which was still going on. We got a pastry and sat at picnic benches and listened to live music. While we were sitting in Berlin at an Easter festival, eating our pastry, and listening to live music, it started to snow..I thought it was a really cool moment.<br />
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There were people everywhere and some people were sprinting to get there. From the time we left the dorm to the time the Pope finally appeared a little over an hour passed. It had been raining all day, but luckily the rain turned into a drizzle and eventually stopped while we were waiting in St. Peter's Square. We in the front half of the St. Peter's Square and dead center. The energy of the crowd was pretty amazing. Finally, the Pope appeared. Unfortunately, everything was in Italian and we didn't understand what he was saying. Overall, it was a great experience and it was cool to be part of such a historic event.<br />
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<br />Jazzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04594926378336659037noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929497593457320076.post-80827583531739482542013-03-04T06:06:00.003-08:002013-03-05T04:25:53.927-08:00Napoli Days 2 and 3Day 2 of the Napoli trip was our only full day. We decided to spend it at Ercolono, Vesuvio, and Pompei We first went to Ercolono, which is a town that was destroyed on the same day as Pompei when Vesuvio erupted. It was better preserved than Pompei (and some say it is a more accurate representation of Roman everyday life), but it was significantly smaller city. We arrived right at opening so we were literally the only people there for about an hour<br />
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Ercolono was destroyed during the same eruption as Pompei, but it was destroyed by huge amounts of falling debri and hot mud that covered it in over 5 meters of quickly drying mud.<br />
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It was pretty amazing to see the remenants of the colors that covered every wall. It was hard to image the Colosseum in Rome being painted but Ercolono really hit it home.<br />
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After Ercolono, we took a bus up to Mount Vesuvius (Vesuvio). It was about a 20 minute hike from where the bus dropped us off to the top of Mount Vesuvius where we saw the volcano's crater. The volcano has been famous throughout history, as it has erupted multiple times the recent most being 1944. It is still active today.<br />
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Our last stop of the day was Pompei. The city was so much bigger than we imagined. There was even a mini Colosseum, two outdoor amphitheaters and a swimming pool! We spent almost 3 hours there and we did not even get to cover all of it. It was amazing to see the sprawl of such an ancient city. It gave us a such an amazing idea of not only the layout, but of the every day happenings of what it would be like to live in that time period. Pompei was mainly destroyed due to huge amounts of volcanic ash suffocating the residences, and then being covered by mud rock and layers of ash. This all preserved the town almost exactly as it was in 79 A.D.<br />
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We arrived in Napoli in the late afternoon on Thursday. We stayed at "Giovani's Home" with whome our friends had stayed two weeks before. The hostel was dorm style, so we were in a room with 5 other people. I was separated from Stefan and John and stayed in an all girls room, and they were in a boys room. It was nice to meet other college kids and we had a good first experience in a dorm style hostel. Giovani is the owner of the hostel and he made us lunch when we arrived. It was pasta with homemade pesto sauce, and it was very good. After lunch he sat us down and gave us a rundown of Napoli. He drew stuff on a map and told us the best places to go see and where to eat. </div>
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After checking into our hostel, we decided to explore the city. The street depicted below is called the "Christmas Street." There are many stores with displays of handmade Christmas items, such as nativity scenes and ornaments. There were also other items that didn't really relate to Christmas, but represent the culture of Italy, as well as some specific items that represent Napoli. </div>
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Giovani recommended a pizza place close by that, according to him, has the best pizza in Napoli. It was delicious pizza and it was really cheap considering how much pizza you got (around 3 euros). We ate there twice during our trip, but here is the pizza from the first night. My pizza had tomato, mozzarella and artichoke. John had a interesting pizza with ham, mozzarella, cream and basil...it was quite delicious.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929497593457320076.post-90448043532695472242013-02-19T11:54:00.003-08:002013-02-20T01:35:20.551-08:00Firenze Part III decided to split the posts up into to mainly because of how long it was getting, and this post deserving to have a dedicated page. Our favorite memory of Florence will probably end up being the chocolate festival we stumbled upon. The festival had chocolate companies from all over, but mainly from Sicily All in the course of an hour I had the best milk chocolate I have ever tasted, and the best cannoli known to man. There were around 30 tents each with their own unique specialty. We ended up tasting something from almost every tent. We also had a few tastes of lindt truffles in the lindt store.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chocolate shot glasses, with baileys and chocolate shots</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">prepared and ready to go</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More cake, we are not quite sure what the writing on all of the cakes mean, but we assume its the company name</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the church at the head of the piazza</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet cheese filled pastry</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Futbol" cleats as they would say</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The best cannoli of all time</td></tr>
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And last but certainly not least in the food category. The best sandwich I have ever eaten. Spit roasted pork on crunchy toasted bread. This one is with mushrooms, but mine was with onions (I just ate it too quickly to take a picture). The stands specialty was tripe but we were not feeling quite that adventurous.<br />
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The antique market that we came upon on the last day was pretty special for me. I collect interesting coins here and there (an interest my grandpa shared with me) and I left with coins from early Soviet Union, and other soviet bloc countries (which I had never seen before). But in the end I always have loved learning about WW2 history and I found the best station. Covering the table was WW2 era hemlets, gas masks, and other artifacts. I left with a Nazi SS sterling silver ring, and a Nazi SS stamper.<br />
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All in all Florence was well worth the time and money, We spent 3 nights there and it really felt like a week. We enjoyed every minute and cannot wait until the day we eventually get to go back.<br />
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First up on our way into town was the Duomo, one of the most famous cathedrals in the world. The dome of the cathedral was designed and constructed by Brunelleschi and it was just as amazing from afar as it was inside. With that, on comes the pictures!<br />
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Our tour guide described in detail how intricate the decoration of the colosseum was. At one point every hallway was painted with extremely vibrant colors. Each statue was not the plain white marble, but covered in flesh colored paint with clothing, eye colors, hair, and other human like features. Apparently all events at the colosseum is free to the public, you just had to register in advance. Interestingly enough there was a tailgate like experience before the games were held, and it made me realize how similar we are to over 2000 years ago, no matter how much we like to think we have changed.<br />
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While Jazz was in her sketchbook class I decided to take a little trip solo up to the Pantheon. We have walked past it multiple times on our way to our favorite Irish Pub (Abbey Theatre) and just have not had the chance to go in yet.<br />
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The dome of the Pantheon was probably the most impressive part. It is one of the oldest free standing domes in the world. The opening in the ceiling is left open at all times, whether it is raining or not. One of my professors for one of my classes said during the summer when it is raining inside the sun reflects on the water giving the pantheon a pretty amazing effect.</div>
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With the work load increasing and having to catch up on lectures, we've been pretty busy with class. Unfortunately, we did not end up going to Venice for Carnevale like we had planned (everything was triple the normal price because of Carnevale). Instead, we stayed in Roma and went on a trip to Tivoli, a small town around an hour away by train. We went to Tivoli to specifically visit Villa D'Este, a former 16th century cardinal residence full of fresco's and a massive outdoor garden. All of the fountains were constructed around the mid 1500's and use the same architectural techniques from Rome 1500 years before.<br />
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Water features were a large part of the garden. There were fountains of all shapes and sizes everywhere you turned. The garden also contained ponds with fish swimming in them. The Villa was left unattended to for many years and was only recently restored in the late 80's, early 90's, so most of the walls in the garden had been taken over by moss. However, it was in great condition and really beautiful to look at. </div>
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All of the frescos are original to the villa and have been restored after they faded over the years. Most of the rooms had specific purposes, but unfortunately I don't remember most of them. We went through the villa relatively quickly since we were running behind on time.<br />
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We have been searching for a good local bakery for a little while now and finally went off a suggestion of Jazz's roommate. It's not far from the dorms and is named "dolce maniera". It is open 24 hours and we really enjoyed almost everything we got from there. For the four items below we payed a total of 4 Euro.<br />
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To get into the bakery you enter on street level and then immediately go down a small flight of stairs. It is located in a small space and it was packed with people. There is a large display case containing all of the delicious baked goods. The display case was so tall that Jazz couldn't see over it all, and I even had a hard time seeing over it to talk to the employee. For such a tiny shop, it seemed like they have hundreds of different types of sweets. It is a very good thing that it isn't too close to school, otherwise we may be back daily.<br />
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As we have mentioned before, it is hard to find a variety of foods in Roma. We decided to make a trip to the Hard Rock Cafe to get ourselves a real American burger. Our table even split a massive plate of nachos before our entrees arrived. Even though the food was a little bit pricey, it was well worth it. </div>
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Cafe Miani is where we go to get the cornetto/pastry and cappuccino for 1 Euro. We have gone there multiple times this week and we are starting to become regulars. We have been trying different pastries every time. So far we have had the plain cornetto, black and white cornetto (filled with nutella and sweetened creme), milk ( sweetened creme) and chocolate pastry, lemon creme filled cornetto, and a strawberry and creme pastry. The cappuccinos are always the same and always delicious. We do our best to get there around 10:15 when the pastries are fresh out of the oven.<br />
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The next morning we decided to make a trip to Trevi Fountain. We were expecting it to be in an open plaza, but it was actually on a side street, tucked in a little area that was surrounded by buildings. It was a beautiful fountain, but we weren't as impressed as we thought we would be. Since we went on a Saturday afternoon, it was packed with tourists. It was really hard to enjoy, especially with people walking around trying to take pictures of you and then sell them to you. They don't quite know how to take a "no" for an answer.<br />
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After leaving the fountain, Stefan, Michelle, and I decided to go to the Colosseum and the Roman Forums, since it was relatively close to the Trevi Fountain. It was a gorgeous day, which made it fun to walk around and see more of the city. We didn't tour the Colosseum or the Forum because St. Johns will take us for free in a few weeks.<br />
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We decided to explore some of Trastevere (another district of Roma) this weekend. It took us about 30 minutes to walk there from our dorm. Unfortunately, we went in the late afternoon when many businesses close, before reopening in the evening. Trastevere is known for having good food, but since most businesses were closed, we were only able to try food at two places. We tried a couple different types a pizza, a calzone, and a pastry, all of which was delicious. We will definitely have to make a trip back to Trastevere on another day. Hopefully at a better time when we can explore when businesses are open. </div>
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On our way to Trastevere, we walked by Castel San Angelo which was built for the protection of the Pope.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Rome, Italy41.9015141 12.46077370000000441.5233746 11.815326700000004 42.2796536 13.106220700000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929497593457320076.post-65425120860709692822013-01-23T10:13:00.002-08:002013-01-27T04:35:51.660-08:00Day 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Day 8 had great weather. We signed up for a trip to visit St. Peters Basilica with St Johns and Domenico (the St. Johns staff member in charge of student services). We took the stairs all the way to the top of the dome, and took plenty of pictures on the inside. While I was impressed with the view from Il Vittorino, the view from the top outside of the Dome was incredible. Inside the Basilica I found myself more than camera happy and took around 175 pictures (which for me is probably more pictures than I have taken in 5 lifetimes).</div>
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The area where we took the picture above included a 10-15 minute walk up tons of stairs (Jazz said it was like doing stadiums). Thankfully I don't have claustrophobia, but some of the people we went with were not quite so lucky. The passageway to get to the top got tighter and tighter as we went up. Eventually the passageway was not much wider than the width of my body. Part of the stairwell was slanted, which you can see in the middle picture below.<br />
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This was probably the best day we had so far in Roma. The Vatican really was amazing and the scale of it was incredible. I've seen plenty of movies/pictures portraying the Vatican, but it really kind of left you speechless. It was absolutely gigantic; pictures do not do it justice. I could go on and on about how amazing it was, but I'm sure you get the idea.</div>
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The rest of the day included more rain, so we used it as time to catch up on lectures. Our first local classes begin tomorrow at the less than perfect time of 8 A.M.<br />
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We took another trip to the grocery store to try to save a little more money by cooking in the dorm. While our group dinner went relatively well, it was cut short by the next group who signed up for the kitchen after us. This time we decided it might be more practical for Jazz and I to cook together. We decided to make shrimp, pesto, peas, and parmesan pasta. Oddly enough I think this was one of the best meals we have ever cooked.<br />
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Gelarmony is our favorite gelato place so far. They serve Sicilian style gelato, which from my understanding is somehow different from normal gelato. Although the gelato place is named Gelarmony, they serve much more than simple gelato. There are cannoli's (Jazz's favorite), warm brioche buns filled with the gelato of your choice, crepes filled with nutella, and of course gelato in cones and cups. So far every flavor we have tried has been great, but we keep going back to get the cannoli gelato, which is almost like eating a bowl of cannoli filling, only not quite as heavy. </div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Rome, Italy41.9015141 12.46077370000000441.9015141 12.460773700000004 41.9015141 12.460773700000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929497593457320076.post-43030511754780124872013-01-20T07:19:00.002-08:002013-01-27T04:38:54.751-08:00Days 5-6Day 5 included more bad weather (it has been cold and rainy almost every day). We woke up and took a 3 hour Italian survival course which was very helpful, as we have struggled with basic conversation so far. As each day has gone on, we have found ourselves wishing for more varieties in food. While every single thing we have eaten has been incredible, a lot of it is similar styles of cooking/foods. Partially, this is our fault as we haven't traveled to further away districts (like Trastevere and the Jewish ghetto which has a larger immigrant population) everything nearby is pretty similar. We haven't gotten remotely close to getting sick of gelato, and likely never will. Pizza and pasta, on the other hand, are getting to be a little too common. <br />
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A lot of Day 5 we were at Billa which is our local "supermarket". It's not very large but it seems to be about as close to a Publix as we have found so far. It is located in the basement of a shopping building that seems similar to a Belk's or JCPenny.<br />
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Day 6 was a little more exciting. While it is still rainy and cold out, it warmed up a little bit. We took a trip to the Vatican district and checked out what an Italian McDonalds looked like. It was easily the fanciest McDonalds I have ever seen. You enter into a section split off from the rest of the McDonalds called McCafe, which has high quality cornettos, cappuccinos, espresso etc. The whole place was amazingly clean and modern; it felt more along the lines of a high end cafe than a McDonald's. In the back, hidden in another section, is the Ristorante portion where they serve Big Mac's and Italian style sandwiches. There is a waitress who comes around and takes your order, while waiting in line to receive the food. She carried a touch screen tablet with the menu item's and prices. We didn't order anything since we just wanted to see what an Italian style McDonald's looked like, but it was kind of nice seeing a little slice of the US in Roma, especially since it blended in so well with the rest of the city. It was much less obtrusive than what we are used to with fast food restaurants in the US.<br />
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Before we headed for the square, we stopped at a Bar (what they called coffee bars) and got a cornetto and cappuccino for only 1 Euro. The cornetto was filled with nutella on one end and a sweet cream on the other. They called it a black and white cornetto. It was even better than it sounds. The cafe was probably one of the best values we have found so far and we will definitely be back.<br />
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Below is everything from St Peter's square<br />
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While it was rainy and cold, Vatican City was pretty amazing. Just the details that went into everything alone was pretty breathtaking. Similar to our trip to Vittoriano, it made you really realize that you're in Roma. Kind of a "wow" moment that made us really realize what an amazing experience this will be/has been.<br />
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Tonight we are cooking in the kitchen for the first time, so hopefully it goes well. Everything has been pretty expensive so far but split among 5 people our dinner will only cost 2 Euro.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Vatican City41.902916 12.45338900000001641.902916 12.453389000000016 41.902916 12.453389000000016tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929497593457320076.post-43838491805776240922013-01-18T07:54:00.005-08:002013-01-18T07:54:59.131-08:00Day 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Today was probably the best day so far. Not only did I finally get access to WiFi and therefore actually have access to the blog and my laptop, but we took a long walk with Domenico and other students around a large section of Roma. While the Prati district is nice (and one of the most expensive areas to live in) it is not the Roma I was expecting. Much of it is newer and less authentic. We began by walking to Villa Borghese which Domenico said is similar to Central Park. It also has one of the best views in the city.</div>
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Next we walked along the hillside and came upon the Spanish steps. While I have heard of them I had no idea why they were famous nor how they were Spanish. Apparently it's a bunch of steps nearby the Spanish consulate.<br />
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At that point we reached our intended destination. The Il Vittoriano which commemorates the first Italian king who united the city states of Italy. It also has probably the best view of not only the city, but of the ancient district as well.</div>
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On the way to Il Vittoriano we also walked through the area that is known as the fifth avenue of Roma and it was just as extravagant as to be expected. All of the big name designers had stores there including Armani, Gucci, Luis Vuitton etc. A lot of people refer to it as a slice of Milan in Roma.<br />
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With the weather so much nicer than the last few days (it is still in the low 40's) Jazz and I decided to travel to a Sicilian trattoria where they served rice balls. While I did not take any pictures (mainly because people were already looking at us) the rice balls were great but not filling.<br />
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On the walk back we stopped at a quick pizzeria and grabbed more filling rice balls.<br />
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The rice balls were incredible and were only 1 euro each. Well worth it. <div>
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We took the bus back to campus which was extremely slow even though everyone in Rome drives ridiculously fast and without traffic laws. A sidewalk is the equivalent of an Italian parking space, and the 5 foot long cars can fit in some pretty interesting spots.<br />
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We arrived back at St. John's to pesto vegetable lasagna, which again was the best lasagna I have ever eaten. The "best food" theme is something that probably will not go away any time soon. </div>
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We ended the day with a late dinner by American standards (8 o'clock) and an early dinner by Italian standards. We stumbled upon Vito E Dina Osteria Pizzeria and after realizing that none of us spoke Italian we were promptly taken to the back room (maybe they did not want us in the front). Our waiter was helpful and understanding and we got our first taste of cheap red wine (it was really good). The wine was cheap and the food better. Ever since hearing of cacio e pepe on the travel channel we could not wait to try it. All it involves is spaghetti, parmesan, black pepper, and butter. It was well worth the wait. Before leaving the Chef/Owner came into the back room to watch futbol on the only TV in the place. He was extremely nice and enjoyed having American's visit his ristorante. So much so that he showed us an article that was written in the LA Times about his interested being a hidden gem. He then proceeded to show us his yelp and tripadvisor reviews. He seemed to be quite proud of his accomplishments and he kept telling us to come back tomorrow.<br />
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We ended the night with cannoli gelato, which is just as good as it sounds. It was like eating cannoli filling and there were small pieces of the pastry shell mixed in with the gelato.<br />
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We were inside most of the day Wednesday. St. John's prepared quite a few classes for orientation and we still has to apply for our permit of stay in Italy. The highlight of the day was waking up before Orientation began and walking one block down the street to where Bar Lepanto is located. In the US a bar usually involves alcohol and more alcohol. While Bar in Rome means Coffee Bar. This coffee bar was of a different breed. We walked in and ordered a cappuccino and a cornetto (which is a croissant). First you pay at the register and then take the receipt to the man at the bar serving the food and drinks. Luckily for us the lady working the register spoke English and we were on our way. Unfortunately we did not bring our camera but it was easily one of the best cappuccino I have ever had and definitely the best cornetto all for 1.80 Euro.</div>
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British Airways was great. We were served both dinner and breakfast (their chicken curry was surprisingly good). We had one of the funniest flight attendant's who at one point asked Jazz if we should be moved up to first class (because of our request for a meal after declining the first time). We got some sleep but not much. They did not turn the lights off until about 3 hours into the flight and that's when we both finally fell asleep. We landed in London Gatwick 30 minutes early and had time to change and brush our teeth. Both of us felt pretty rough and dreaded waiting for our flight to leave but the layover was only about an hour and a half.<br />
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We boarded the flight for Rome and were in a much smaller plane, we were served lunch which was surprising since it was only a 2 hour flight. By the time we landed in Rome both of us were exhausted and trying to make the shuttle which left 30 minutes after we arrived. Entering FCO Rome's airport we actually went through immigration very quickly but our bag's took 45 minutes to get to the claim area. Luckily there were 30 other students waiting on their bags and Domenico (our program leader) held the bus for everyone. It took 35 minutes to get into Rome in the Prati district where we stay. At that point we checked in with our group and had to wait over an hour for the 2 person (with bags) elevator to take up people to the fourth floor two at a time.<br />
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I was assigned a single bed room on the 3rd floor. The room all around is really nice, only complain is the scuff marks all over the walls but it doesn't really effect anything.<br />
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Jazz got assigned a double room with a girl that goes to St. Johns University. She is completely on the other end of the 4th floor and is actually located above the priest sect who actually own the whole complex.<br />
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That's all for day one. It has been a very strange feeling. We already feel like we have been here for days but it has really only been hours.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0