Day 16 Return from Paris to Rome

We woke up at 5:00am in order to catch our plane back to Rome from Beauvais airport. We checked out of the hotel at 5:30 after eating some bananas for a quick breakfast. We took the Metro to our transfer station and found out that the transfer Metro we needed to take to get to the shuttle didn't open until 10am. We walked out onto the street and hailed a Taxi.  The driver was very nice and took us exactly where we needed to get to promptly.  The cab fare was cheap.  We missed the 6:15 bus but caught the 6:25 bus with plenty of time to spare. We both fell asleep during the 90 minute drive.  When we got to the airport we got a quick bite to eat at Paul. Our meal consisted of a Parisian ham and butter sandwich, hot chocolate, and two chocolate croissants.  We then boarded our plane for Rome and fell asleep again for the two hour flight.We woke about 30 minutes before landing.  Boy, the Ryan Air pilots sure make rough landings!

After arriving safely at Ciampino, we grabbed some lunch in the airport.  We had two ham and cheese sandwiches, a Coke, and a Kinder egg.  Instead of taking a taxi back to the Rome Center we paid a total of 8 Euros for a comfy bus ride to the Rome train Terminal.  From there we took the Metro and then the 913 bus back to campus.  Upon reaching our rooms, we immediately missed the air conditioning we had in the hotel in Paris.

We ate at Pizza Maggio for dinner.  Afterwards, we studied in the library for the rest of the night.  After a lack of Internet for three days I found out that they have started demolition on Alumni Gym back at Loyola.  I was extremely sad and have put the word out for some of my friends to grab me some bricks from it.  If you watch the video you can see my old apartment, The Morgan, to the right of Alumni.

 I had a long Italian composition to write reflecting on the Velletri trip and I also had to prepare for an Oral Exam.  We both slept like rocks that night.

Studying after a long day!