More help from Mom

I'm trying to remember more about Sunday---Dad and I are wondering when we went to Largo Argentina to see where Caesar was killed. We were at Trevi fountain that day--it was so crowded. Remember Dad kept floating the idea that Sunday in Rome is especially crowded because all the tourists have arrived and will be there a few days before heading out to the other places? And we took a break on the steps of the Senate building, which undoubtably has a fancy name and is in a named square. I know we walked through some square with the designer stores--which were all closed.
And when did we walk through Campo Fiorno? We were at Piazza Novaona a couple of times.

Did we do all that on one day??? I do know that pizza at Bufetto was worth the plane trip over. Fun to sit outside at the tables along the street in the evening, sharing the table with the cigarette smoking lady and her fellow, enjoying the vino table, rosso. Fantastico.

The attempts at Italian here are fantastic. We did walk through the "Campo Fiorno" (Campo dei Fiori) and the "Piazza Novaona" (Piazza Navona- My mom tries to hard. With Italian, what you hear is usually what you spell) on Sunday, probably after heading to the Trevi Fountain. Sunday was a very busy day. We did see a lot of the city on the walking tour, aka Death March #1. As one may imagine, the parents off the plane were a bit cranky by the end. But they liked the pizza that was at the end of the tunnel.

As for me, not much is going on new. The weather has changed from perfect to a little cold, which means our marble floored/tiled apartment is really chilly. I did a bit of homework over the weekend, and now I seem to have no work to do for about two weeks. Even after that, it should not be so bad.

The most exciting stuff in my life right now are people coming into London. A bunch of my friends from Notre Dame, most in the London program but also two from South Bend, are coming in for this weekend. They get in tomorrow. One also happens to be the daughter of the US Ambassador to the Vatican, and we're going to a reception at his house on Saturday. Otherwise, I don't think anything is lock-down planned, but I know we'll have a good time.

Also, two of my friends from Providence Day, Max and Sadie (a couple... I think. It's so hard to understand kids these days) are coming over to join me from Dec. 15- Dec. 24. This is perfect, because I was hoping to have some travelling companions for after the semester. We're going to meet in Madrid, so I booked a flight Dec. 15, the day we get kicked out of Medag, to Madrid for 30 euros. Ahh, low cost airlines. Anyways, the plans are not set for what we'll do/ where we'll go after that. I'm thinking Madrid-Barcelona-go see Corey Tunstall (another friend from PDS) in southern France-Northern Italy and from there we'll see. They may want to go to Paris, though. If anyone has suggestions, let me know (jmcginni@nd.edu). But anyways, friends at PDS= friends for life. Good times, good times.

Today is my long class day. But after that, no work this weekend! Hooray. I need to convince some people to go out to try some delicious Roman cuisine this weekend.