Our fourth long weekend consisted of staying in Rome. It's the beatification of JP II this weekend, so almost everyone on campus was staying in Rome for it. So we had Friday off, and got to explore the city. We've officially got less than two more weeks here! Which means finals are rapidly approaching. But we're going to ignore that fact :)
On Thursday, Elise, Ellie, and I went into Castel Gandolfo for dinner. So we're waiting at the bus stop. And the bus never comes. So we really want to go to this restaurant, and so we decide to walk it. It took 40 minutes and it was uphill the whole way. But we get to the restaurant, and we run into Monsignor (our chaplain). The food was absolutely amazing, and at the end of the night he offers to drive us back down the hill. Which was great, because both Elise and I were wearing heels. Another perk: the pope is currently at Castel Gondolfo, so that means that the swiss guard was also there. It was a great night with the girls.
On Friday, Elise, Renee, Paige and I decided to go to the Botanical Gardens in Trastevere. It's definitely my favorite part of Rome. The gardens were amazing. And I don't even really like nature. We just kept following different paths and ended up on top of a hill over looking the city. It was so pretty. You could see almost every major basilica in Rome. After walking around the gardens, we went to lunch at a place we had been to the week before. Except they jacked up their prices a ton! Grrr. Stupid Romans. Anyway, we got back to campus and then attempted to do homework. Which failed. But last night there was the "Spring Fling: The Gathering", which was basically the Rome version of the formal back in Irving. It was surprisingly fun, but UD does not know how to pick music for dances. At all. It was kind of a throwback to the 70s. But whatever, you can't expect too much else from UD. It was nice to see everyone dressed up though.
Today, Elise, Renee, Brad, Michael, Andrew, and I walked the Appia Antica. It's basically this old Roman road that leads from were we live into Rome. Its about 12 miles. It took us from 12:30 until 7 to make it into Rome and then take public transportation back. Oh, and it was raining the whole time. So basically, I walked for six solid hours outside in the cold and the rain. But it was so much fun!! Definitely worth doing while in Rome. Anyway, Elise and Michael are crazy enough to stay in Rome all night to be in line for the Beatification mass. I decided that staying up all night in the cold for another papal event didn't really interest me. So now I'm back on campus and I'll try and finish some homework tonight. Wish me luck. Finals are approaching and I still have no motivation to work.
Side note: we're currently involved in a prank war, and we're losing. Tonight when we got back from dinner, we found ourselves locked out of our room. When we got in, the whole place stank like cat food. Turns out, they had filled a box with tuna and left it under our bed. Earlier in the week, they had taped all of our makeup and hair stuff to the ceiling of the room and covered most surfaces with sprinkles and shaving cream. I guess they got us back for stealing all their clothes and hiding them in trash bags in various locations in the dorm.
However, boys are stupid. And I hate the smell of fish.
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