Weekend in Rome.

Had a nice weekend in Rome. Going to Florence this weekend!

These are pictures from my walk this weekend. My favorite thing to do on a sunny day on the weekend is just listen to music and go for a walk.. I conveniently came across Via del Corso which has some of the best shopping in Rome : )

Parents have been requesting more pictures of the Rome in the daytime.. Thought the sky was so beautiful on Saturday. Had to take pictures!

We are in Florence? Oops

What was suppose to be a nice day trip to the Tuscan countryside of Siena turned into a day of train hopping to Pisa!

At 11am on Friday morning, two friends of my friends (Martina and Tia - who both actually go to Pace but we just met here in Italy) and I took the train from Roma Stazione Termini to Siena. Apparently we were suppose to transfer trains somewhere but we were not aware and ended up at the end of the line in Florence. I've never been to Florence yet (we are planning to go either this weekend or next weekend) so it was exciting. At this point we were just discussing our options... It was about 3pm and we could do a quick tour of the city (since Martina has already been here she knows where the important sites are). This didn't really make sense since we should spend a whole weekend here or at least a full day. Being the adventurous girl that I am, I suggested we just go to the tourist information center and get a hostel. We could just like buy toothpaste and soap or something.. But one of my friends wasn't fond of that idea. So we decided if we were going to come back we should just go the extra leg that we probably wont do next time we come to Florence, which was to take an other hour train ride to PISA!

Starlings, Strufolini, & Scarves.

First off, I was not aware that the whole population of starlings migrate to the trees of Rome this month. They especially love the trees in my neighborhood because they are the tallest in Rome. This picture doesn't even begin to capture the amount of birds that are in the sky at once. I don't want to pull out my camera when the birds are going crazy because I have to dodge all the poop. I'm not exaggerating at all when I say that it is necessary to use an umbrella at dusk or you will get pooped on.

Thanks to global warming I get pooped on at least twice a day just trying to go to class. No really, "The abundance of starlings in Rome is partly the result of climate change — they used to go farther south before Roman winters warmed up." http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/magazine/22birds.t.html?_r=1


Went for a walk one night with some friends.. We stopped for a few minutes on this bridge just to enjoy this view of the Vatican. This picture doesn't do it justice at all.

Went to Acqua e Farina ristorante for a friend's birthday. It's all pizzas, focaccia, bread and desserts that can be basically made with just flour and water and no yeast (hence the name Acqua e Farina) I ordered the Acqua e Farina strufolini which is based off the idea of pizza with it's cylinder dough, but it is much different from a stereotypical piece of pizza. It has prosciutto, cheese, lettuce, and a truffle/olive spread on top.

It was very yummy : )

Ps. That is my new scarf that I spent 10 minutes debating the price of with some man on the street. I usually would rather just pay the extra dollar or so instead of debating a price but I was determined. That 3€ = two gelatos! He wanted €8 for it. No way was I paying that when I know I could walk down the street and buy it for €5, but he had the exact colors I wanted.. My goal is to try to buy my next scarf for €4.