Day 3: First Day in Rome

In the morning I struggled getting out of bed from jetlag and being so tired, but I forced myself to get up. When I got up, I got dressed and headed down for breakfast. For breakfast there was bread, some meats, some cheeses and a few pastries, peaches, apricots, and cereal. I had bread and some peaches. After breakfast we went to a sitting area outside and talked about course expectations. The expectations seemed quite simple to follow through with. Shortly after, we were heading down the stairs to go to the train station, to take the train to Rome. We got our tickets, vaildated them, and then waited for the train. This was my first time in a long time riding a train. The seats were quite comfortable, but it was a little hot in the train. I opened the window, and as soon as we started moving it started to cool down.

The ride to Rome was quite nice to see the different scenery around. We passed by an airport which I thought was pretty cool to watch the planes land and take off. When we got to the train station, there were swarms of people, but we managed to get through the station and to where were meeting our tour guides, Jill and Molly. They both went over things you need to watch for, such a pickpocketors. We boarded the number 40 bus and took it down past the Wedding Cake building and got dropped off on a busy street. We split into two groups and headed out for lunch. My group went to a pizzaria, I decided to try a meat and cheese pizza. The meat was a little spicy but I enjoyed it. After lunch we headed out to see the Fountain of The Four Rivers. Also we went and seen the Panthenon, the Trevi Fountain, and the Spanish Steps. I thought it was amazing to see all these four famous sights, even though the Trevi Fountain was under construction. On the way to the Spanish Steps, we also stopped to fill up our water bottles at some taps that had clean water flowing through, which honestly I wish we had in Canada. We had some time to take some pictures at the Spanish Steps and then we said goodbye to Molly and Jill.

We took the metro back to the train station which was interesting. We got warned about pickpockets, and keep our bags infront of us while riding the metro. It was three stops until we got to the train station. During the ride on the metro, I found it hard to stay balanced from the speed, even while holding on to the bar. When we got to the train station, we found we had missed our train and had an hour to go to explore and look in stores at the station. Taylor and I went to a book store and found books in English! Knowing Taylor, we were there for most the hour then went to our meeting spot. At our meeting spot, I got a chocolate muffin and Fruitella(Italian version of Starburst) to snack on. Once we got our platform number, we headed there and hopped aboard the train. I fell asleep on the way back to Frascati.

When we got back to Frascati, it was nearly dinner time, so I headed up to my room to get changed. After I headed downstairs to meet with the group before heading to Allan's for dinner. For dinner we had salad that had cheese and tomato in it. Also zuchenni flower stuffed with ricotta cheese wrapped in prochetto. The next course was beef with a sauce overtop and rice with cheese.

Later on that night, Taylor & I explored Frascati. We also took some photos and did some light painting.

Waiting for the train to come

Taylor excited to go to Rome

Light painting photo