Yesterday we were given the day off since we had class on Saturday so most of us went to the beach.
It is an hour long train ride on a sketchy train which is always full so you have to stand up for the whole time, plus trains always seem to be filled by creepy Italian men or grumpy Italian women
My roommate Allene and I went a little later than most people because we had some errands to run and decided to meet everyone at the beach.
So after our exciting ride once we got to the last train stop we caught a bus to a beach farther down the coast that was supposed to be cleaner and less crowded that the ones close to the train station.
It was gorgeous, white sand, blue Mediterranean water, warm sun, lovely.
I lay out for 5 hours and reapplied sunblock religiously and came out with nothing but an largely imperceptible bit of a tan. no really I promise that I'm slightly less horrifyingly pasty.
The group I spend the most time with (University of Southern California students) came later than everyone else (*cough* hungover *cough*) so after the group that came early left I went to sit with the second wave who were further down the beach.
We soaked up the sun, chatted and Julian got his hair nicely french braided by Shannon (he looked dashing)
we stuck around until it was 7pm and gripping hunger set in.
Then it was the hour long trek home and a delightful (ice cold thanks to Italian water heaters) shower to remove the 5 billion grains of sand and salt from my body.
After removing all traces of ocean, Catherine and I went over to the USC boys' house where Catherine and Parin cooked dinner for 7 of us.
After a lovely supper of mushroom risotto, we all started to study for the test we have on Wednesday this quickly devolved into watching funny baby and animal videos on youTube.
We gave up pretending to study and walked home around midnight, two girls from USC, Shannon and Danika live just up from Catherine and I so we all walked home together.
This morning we all met at the bus station to go on a tour of this super cool villa on the Via Appia. It's really well preserved and comparable Hadrian's villa though definitely not quite the same quality.
we spend the morning walking around the archaeological park looking at the conservation work in progress in the ridiculous heat then had to wait 20 minutes for the bus home again.
By the time we got home it was siesta time so I made lunch and took a nap. Upon waking up I got a message from Shannon that her dad who was visiting Italy wanted to take her and her friend out for supper. So 7 of us were treated to a lovely meal in the Campo dei Fiori we ate everything from gnocchi, seafood, steak with balsamic to salads, ricotta parfaits and tiramisu. delicious.
Thoroughly stuffed we made plans to meet tomorrow for cappuccino and study before our exam at 2 (I'm sure it will be a breeze)
ciaociao
No comments:
Post a Comment