Day 3

Day 3
•    9:20 a.m. (Ben) 9:50 a.m. (Jordan)
o    I woke up and took a shower
o    Jordan took a shower last night, so he got up at the last possible minute
•    10 – 11:30a.m.
o    Italian Survival Session 2
    Same awesome Dutsch Professor.
    He took us to Rinlado’s Bar for breakfast. (They make good pastries)
    We learned some basic Italian like:
•    Non so: “I don’t know”
•    Permisso : “Can I get through here?”
•    Che Bella! (Pronounced “K  Bella”)or Che Bello!: “Hey Beautiful” or “Hey Handsome”
•    11:30-12:45
o    Italian Cultural meeting
    Italians came and talked to us about the culture in and around Rome.
•    12:45 – 2 p.m.
o    Mensa
    I had some good pasta with grean beans and an apple
    Jordan had the same pasta with pizza bread (it didn’t look like pizza to me) and green beans
•    2-3:30
o    Study Trip meetings
    Lots of good options. There was was to the ancient Roman port of Ostia where we would also see catacombs. Also, there was a WWII study trip, and there were potential trips to Ireland, Poland, Tuscany, and  Greece.
•    4:15-5
o    Met with the USA Italian consulate
    Gave us some good safety information and directions for what to do if our passport is stolen.
•    5-5:30
o    Introduced to the psychological and medical staff available on campus.
•    5:30-6:45
o    Jordan and I treked out into the surrounding neighborhood looking for gorceries. Bought some essentials. Jordan and I had to lug all our stuff back up a very large hill.
•    7-10:20 p.m.
o    Dinner
    We went to a nice Roman restaurant with the whole group
•    Served us a 5 course meal that was very good, but I couldn’t eat it all.
•    Jordan successfully ate eveything
•    10:20-10:50
o    Walked back to campus
o    Writing blog update
o    Tired and going to bed soon.
Quote of the day
•    Me: “What is that red sauce bread?” Jordan: ”Ben, that’s Pizza”
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