So… before I say anything else, here’s an update on coffee and Tiffany in Rome. This morning, I liked the taste of my cappuccino. Mom and Jess, you may now be smug. My current theory is that I keep having straight espresso with a packet of sugar in it, so now cappuccino tastes better.
Anyways. I had such a fun weekend! We ended up not being able to do the biking thing, but I did get to go to an Edward Hopper exhibit with some new Italian friends. (If you've ever seen the cafe at night that's parodied all the time you've seen Hopper) It was such a blast! We had met one of the guys, Pietro, on campus during the week and he invited Scott, Kristen, Taylor, and I to go see the exhibit with him and his friends. First of all, how cool is it that a bunch of friends just decided to go see an art exhibit for fun on a Saturday? We went out to lunch with them and I finally got to get to meet some Italian girls. I sat across from Licia, Francesca, and Antonella over lunch and got to talk to them a lot about what they study and things like where they like to go to eat in Rome. They told us about a place near our hostel that serves pasta, bread, and water for three euro! We’re for sure going to have to find that place.
After lunch we went to see Hopper and that was just awesome since it’s been forever since I went to an art exhibit. On that note, it's only slightly ironic that I had to come to Rome to go see a famous American artist. One of the guys on the trip, Taylor, is a really cultured person, so it was fun to talk to him about all the paintings. One of the really interesting things about the exhibit was seeing American culture from a different perspective. At the beginning of the exhibit was a timeline of Hopper's life overlaid on After the exhibit, our new friends took us to one of the best places in Rome for gelato, Giolitti, near the Pantheon. As Licia told me, this place was better than gelato. It was crazy busy and the only way I can think to describe it was the Bagel and Deli of gelato. In most places in Rome you buy your food first at the cash register by the door and then show your receipt to the server at the counter to get your food, but at Giolitti you had to fight your way to the counter to get your gelato. Loved it. I got fragola e frutti di bosco (strawberry and mixed small fruit like raspberries). The whole day was just so fun and made me want to hang out with Italians everyday.
On Sunday we got up at seven in the morning to go to the Vatican. It was a free day, so the line was out of this world. The museum was beautiful and very interesting, but I think I was a little touristed out. I did love the School of Athens by Raphael. I had forgotten it was there so it was a little surreal to see it in person. I also liked the tapestries by Raphael’s school. They were so detailed and all of the people in them had so much expression, it just blew my mind. When we were leaving St. Peters, we saw the pope talking out of a window. That was exciting, but the amount of people there was insane. After all that waiting in line in the sun and then being crushed in a crowd of so many people, I was exhausted and spent most of the afternoon laying around in my room. Haha… but it was a great weekend, and now I’m excited to get back on campus on Tuesday!
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