Day 11

Breakfast

For breakfast Ashley and I had a banana and Frosted Flakes again. Today we only had our Italian classes.  After my Italian class we had to go on a field assignment for a a grade.  We had to go on a bus downtown and transfer to a metro station and get to certain piazza and gelateria.  Eight of my classmates and myself and Ashely went on the excursion.

delicious!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
We made it to the Metro which was more similar to the Metro cars in New York City.  There are few seats which leaves more room for standing.  When we go off at the right stop we were in a weird part of Rome.  None of us knew why our teacher had us go so far out of the way from campus.  It was almost like the China town of Rome and it wasn't the best area.  We successfully found the G. Fassi gelateria after asking for directions.  It is the oldest Italian gelateria in the country.  It was soooo good! It was maybe even better than Old Bridge! It was so sweet and tasty.

Carmel and White Chocolate

Chocolate and White Chocolate with their famous whipped cream!

After leaving the gelateria, we went on a hunt for five restaurants in the area.  We had to write down what their specialties were in Italian and we will use them along with our gelato experience in a composition later this week. After that Ashley and I took the Metro and got off near St. Peter's Square to go eat dinner.  We ate at an outdoor restaurant called Macondo.

One of the waiters wanted his picture taken next to the menu

We both got a prosciutto parma (thin ham and cantaloupe) and for the main course Ashley got four cheese gnocchi and I got tortellini with ham and cream.  They were both pretty good. The Cokes we got weren't too good.  In fact when you buy anything to drink here the cheapest drink to get is soda which is roughly €3.50.  That converts to about a gallon of gasoline back home.  And the cup size is half of what we get for sodas back home.  It's pretty annoying.

The appetizer

Four Cheese Gnocchi

Tortellini with ham and cream

After that Ashley and I walked back to the bus stop which requires us passing the Vatican.  It never gets old walking through there to get to the bus.  Tonight we stopped for a little while and just sat on a bench overlooking it. After that we caught the bus and made it home and have since been doing homework.