Roma!

After catching the bus at 3:00 am for my 7:00 flight, I arrived in Rome around 10:30.  Blackmer met me at the gate and we got some food while we waited for Pat to get in.  He came out around 1:30, and then we took to the train to a station where Sarah met up with us to bring us to Julien's apartment. It is so beautiful.  It used to be a convent, so there is a lovely courtyard and terraces and it's just perfect.  Julien has twelve roommates, who are all away for their spring break, so we have the place to ourselves.  

We went to check out the Pantheon yesterday, and some random ceremony was going on in it, so that was cool.  Then we just wandered around, got gelato (yes!), and then came home and made pasta for dinner.  This morning we woke up (acknowledged that we would be waking up in Rome for the next eight days) and just hung out on the balcony overlooking the courtyard.  It was so perfect. The weather is going to be so nice all week, and I'm very thankful that I won't need my winter coat like I did during our trip last week.  We're fixing breakfast right now (and by we I mean all the others), and then more sight seeing I think. We might plan a day/two day trip, and I'm hoping that I can convince everyone to go to Venice, because I'm sure that would be amazing.

It's so nice to be with good friends from home.  It's very refreshing. And being in Rome makes it ten times better.