As the
airplane began its descent, we all looked out the window and saw the beautiful
scenery. It was absolutely breath taking. We were oblivious of the heat we were
about to experience. But as we continued towards baggage claim, the immediate
feel of hot stagnant air hit us. Without wasting a second, we dismissed the
idea of heat because we were determined to get to the hostel and straight into
bed. Surprisingly in the Fiumicino Station many big, fat pigeons flew around.
The pigeons swooped so low we could feel the breeze from their wings. It was quite
scary. Eric kept calling them chickens, which became an inside joke later on.
Finding
Hotel Euro Quiris was an adventure on its own. After 20 minutes of
deliberation, we were able to navigate our way through the streets of Rome to
our hotel. We passed by many street vendors that offered a variety of items
from souvenirs to fruit. A sight we will never forget is all the Fiat cars on
the street. Drivers in Rome go so fast that they are unwillingly to stop for
pedestrians. When we arrived at the hotel, we realized our room was on the
fifth floor and the small sketchy elevator could only fit two people or one
person with two suitcases. Most of us lugged our luggage up the stairs, even
poor Eric with his previously broken elbows.
Food in
Rome was fantastic. In just one day alone, we had pizza for lunch. I tried the
divalgo pizza which was a spicy salami thin-crust pizza. Then, we went back to the hotel to nap for
three hours. For dinner, we went to a small dainty restaurant where we
discovered the wonders of carbonara a.k.a. egg and bacon. Oh, the joys of
bacon! For dessert, we all had gelato. It was incredible four scoops of ice
cream in a waffle cone topped with whipped cream.
As Rose always says, “Grazie
Mille!” (Thank you very much)
-Karen Lee, Aberdeen, SD
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