I love Italian boys!
What a fun weekend, and I didn’t even leave Rome.
I was just going to veg for most of the day on Sunday because I had homework and I was tired… My roommates were all going to the Colosseum and I stayed back because I have already been to it several times. But they didn’t even make it all the way down our street before they met five guys from Boston (where Amanda and Katie are from) who all wanted to hang out. So they all (my roommates and the guys) came back to the apartment so Katie could change her shoes, and to invite me to go to dinner with them all. We went to the Hard Rock Cafe. The boys bought drinks for us. They tried to pay for our dinner too but we didn’t let them. I ate fajitas and they were wonderful… there was an American man sitting at a table alone next to us, and we apologized about being so loud. (There were 10 of us.) The boys told him that it was their first night in Rome and they were celebrating… so that man bought all 10 of us a round. It was very generous of him considering how much beer costs in Rome.
While we were still at Hard Rock, I got a text message from Danilo (the cute boy I met on Thursday night) saying that he wanted to meet up later that night if I was available. I should have gone straight home to do calculus homework…. but hanging out with an incrediably cute italian boy sounded much more appealing. So after dinner I went out on what you could call a date, I guess, with Danilo who is the cutest Italian boy in Rome. (well… at least that I’ve seen. haha.) We met up in Campo dei Fiori and then went to a little outdoor cafe and talked. I spoke Italian, he spoke English. It was good practice for both of us. But honestly, despite our limited abilities to speak eachothers languages, we communicated just fine. In fact, it was probably the best and longest conversation in Italian that I have ever had… so I can tell that I am improving.
There weren’t a lot of places open after midnight on a Sunday night… (except a few bars playing the superbowl which were crowded beyond belief) so he drove me all around Rome in his SmartCar!! It was the first time I had ever gone around Rome in an actual car instead of a bus, train, or taxi. Very fun.
I got home around 2:15… I had to get up at 8:00 am this morning for class. I’m pretty tired right now to say the least. But it was worth it. (Even if I never hang out with him again… at least I got my ride around Rome in a SmartCar… now I just need a ride on a Vespa! haha.)
Cin Cin!
-Jess
