Day 2

Day 2 Summary

·         10:15 a.m.

o   Roll out of bed after getting 12+ hours of sleep. (Jet lag eliminated)

o   Jordan hit the snooze button, I took a shower.

·         10:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

o   Floor meeting, followed by FAQ session, followed by filling out visa paperwork for the consulate. Overall, boring paperwork stuff. Some useful tips about taking the bus line around Rome though.

·         12:25-2:00 p.m.

o   Mensa (lunch)

§  I had gnocchi with a nice red sauce, spinach, an apple, and lots of water.

§  Jordan had gnocchi, watermelon, potatoes, carrots, and “potato chesse egg thing” (Slavik)

·         2:00- 3:30 p.m.

o   Italian Language Survival Session I

§  Our teacher was from Holland. We spent 20 minutes learning some basic Italian. Then he deviated from the schedule and decided he would bring us to a café and make us order Italian Ice in Italian.

·         4-4:45

o   Break. Jordan and I look up the cost for monthly Rome bus passes. They are cheap, only 35 euro….

·         4:45-6:30

o   Convocation, followed by dinner served in the courtyard.

·         6:30-7

o   Break

·         7-10:50

o   Scavenger Hunt

§  Jordan and I were paired up with Molly and Emily. Winner gets 50 euro off the study trip. Here are all the things we found on the hunt:

·         The Trevi Fountain

·         The Foro Romano (The Roman Forum)

·         The Colluseum (it was wicked awesome)

·         St. Peters Bascillica

·         The Spanish Steps

·         Piazza di Novano

·         The Pantheon

·         A Ferrari store

·         The Arch of Constantine

·         Castel di Saint Angelo (The castle of Saint Angelo)

·         The Tiber River

·         The Walls of the Vatican

·         Trajans column

·         Took a picture with Italian military police (he left right after we did this, we thought it might have been because of us)

·         10:50-11:50

o   Made our way home via bus 87, transferred at Piazza di Covero to bus 990. Got off at our stop near Via Massimi.

o   Walked three blocks home.

·         11:50-12

o   Found the nearest water fountain and drank two cups of water.

·         12-12:30 (present)

o   Updated blog. (After checking Ogame :D)

Quote of the Day

·         “If you are taking a taxi and you think you are going in circles, you probably are” (said during our FAQ session).

·         “Did that policeman just leave because we asked to take a picture with him?”

·         Me: “Jordan what did you eat for lunch?” Jordan: “A potato, cheese, egg…thing”

Italian Cultural Quirks

·         The toilet can only be flushed by a button on the wall that does not look attached to the toilet at all.

·         It is okay to stare at someone. This makes the girls from campus uncomfortable.