From Rome with Love: Sleepy Saturday

This morning, after being out pretty late the night before, we had our first class. At 8:30! Needless to say, it was a little rough. The class itself is going to be a breeze, though. We have 10 more while we're here, all lasting from 8:30-11:30. We have 8 question quizzes at the end of every class, two assignments that won't take more than an hour combined,and a simple case study to present to the class with a partner. After class, I took a nice nap before venturing out in Milan with Sarah and Olivia. We got off at the Ghirabildi stop and from there, encountered a wide variety of styles in the buildings. Mixed in with each other were the old and colorful and the new and sleek buildings. It was pretty fun to explore it. We came across a grocery store that had only frozen foods in it. Included were: octopus, pre-prepared cheeseburgers, and champagne flavored gelato. It was quite the contrast from really all of Italy's other food, which is very fresh. The olive oil is actually too fresh for my taste. Though I like it at home, it's too bitter here. One of our more frequent discussions is what food we're going to enjoy at home first. I can say that in 100% having Mexican food withdrawals. Reed, we WILL be going to Don Pablo's first chance we get (hope the drivers license is treating you well btw). After wandering in the area of diverse architecture known as Corso Como, we got on the metro and went to the Duomo. The area surrounding it was significantly more crowded today than it was either of the past two. It has a lot of shopping and things to see down there so it's understandable that it would fill up on the weekends. We left there at like 7 and took the metro home. Sarah and I had pasta and scrambled eggs for dinner. Rather filling! This no WiFi thing is driving me insane. It'll be nice to go to Venice on Monday and not even worry about whether I have WiFi or not.

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