The Rest of Day 2!

Hi!!!

So we met with our art history professor and he is super nice. He lives here and actually just had a baby girl 2 days ago! Tomorrow for class we dont have to meet until 4 pm!! So we get a while to hang out and do what we want. We walked around the city a little with him and he pointed out a few notable spots that we will be seeing very often and learning a lot more about. As I said before the tour will take place by following him into museums and centers while he lectures and we take notes on the history he provides. To help with this we are given touristy looking earpiece/walkytalky things and we are able to hear him perfectly in our ear!

After that my roommate Maddy and I went to the pharmacy and I got Claritin (my allergies have been crrrrazy here!) and pink eye drops (I woke up with crust pink eyes- ewww!). We then made our way back to the hotel and I fell asleep for 30 minutes until we had to meet up for another group dinner.

We all went to a place that is highly recommended by many people called Il Gato e La Volpe. We had a wonderful meal starting with amazing bread, then Antipasti: 1) buffalo mozzarella, tomatoes, and artichokes (aka mom you would have loved it minus the artichokes ha), 2) cold cuts of prosciutto, turkey, and salami, 3) Bruschetta half with tomatoes and the other half with mushrooms, followed by our main course: 1) vegetarian risotta with red sauce, 2) gnocchi with meatballs (yummmm), 3) penne with broccoli and white sauce, then to finish with dessert of Tiramisu, of course. It was a wonderful meal and good times getting to know everyone.

Then more than half of us went to a little bar hopping. We went to one called Rex where we sipped some not so good wine (Mom and Dad you have spoiled me with good wine...I can tell when something is cheap hahah) and then we went to a random Irish Pub called Finnegans where the people are very nice and apparently on Wednesday they are having a Trivia Night.

We all then came back to our rooms for the night!

So tomorrow I think I will explore the city quite a bit more and really get to know what I'm up against. Seeing as we dont have class until 4 pm!

Love,

Alyssa