Ok so a couple of weeks ago (Feb 8th and 9th) my roommate had her friend visiting who is studying at Oxford for the year. Caroline (my roommate) wanted to make sure Ally (her friend) had the best weekend, so naturally we took her to our favorite club, Art Cafe, where we proceeded to dance the night away, sneak into the VIP section where we found a POOL inside the club (yes, a pool. This place is ridiculous) and turn of the lights for bed at 6:17am. You know its a successful night when the bedtime is at 6am.
Saturday night we went out to dinner at this little restaurant called Dino e Tonys where they have no menu and serve whatever they please. We had about 7 different types of antipasto followed by two types of pasta, homemade Tiramisu, cappucinos. It was unbelievable! They kept bringing out plate after plate of heavenly food and obviously I enjoyed that. Its right by the Vatican and if it wasn't slightly more expensive than I would have liked, I would be back there every weekend. We took it easy that night on account of us having a crazy night before, and having food coma, so we decided to walk home. It turned into being one of my most favorite nights ever. There were five of us casually strolling home, stopping to see the Vatican lit up at night, and just walking and talking on a beautiful Italian night. It was a nice change of pace from the previous night.
The next day, we took Ally to the Vatican to see the pope speak. It was pretty cool, he spoke in all different languages to the people in the square. It was an awesome experience to be able to see him speak from his window, and this time actually see him not just get a glimpse of his arm.
After hearing him speak, we decided to climb St. Peter's cupola! I forget every time how hard it is to climb hundreds of stairs at once. It was a beautiful day and really cool to do it after being in Rome for a long time, as I could recognize where everything was in the city.
Sunday night, I went to a fashion show for my photography class! We had backstage passes and just walked around taking photos the entire night. The lighting was dark so I used my digital camera for a lot, thus the quality of the photos isn't quite what I would like. It honestly was one of the cooler experiences here! I felt so official with my backstage pass and my camera around my neck. I was able to bring my friends too, which was awesome. My photography teacher is big here in Rome, and I think that is really cool that he invited us to something like that to watch him work and to teach us at the same time.
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