Olive Oil and Wine Tasting

Today after class we had a wine and olive oil tasting at a place called Gusto Labs! It was very interesting, we learned about the origin and regulations for the production of olive oil as well as wine here are a couple pictures!!! Long day and off to bed............LOVE

Residence Medaglie d'Oro

Ok so this is not exactly a video like promised but it will give you an idea of where I am spending my summer at least so here are a few pictures from our residence,,, keep in mind there are two more bedrooms that look more or less the same one single and another double as well as another bathroom.

View from our Balcony

Entry Way

Bathroom 1

Bedroom 2 (Where I live)

Living/Dining Area Kitchen Hallway Bedroom 1

PUB CRAWL ROMA

NEW FRIENDS! :)

Its the Weekend!!!

Well it has officially been my first week here and I survived ha ha I want to show you guys our apartment so I'm gonna take a video of it but probably not till Monday then i will post it. The apartment is very different but not bad and pretty big! However only one person gets a hot shower its soo cold!! My roommates and decided to have what we call family dinner Monday through Friday and everyone has a day they cook it has been so funny even the guys are cooking and surprisingly are the better ones LOL.. and last night was my turn to cook and after a whole week of pizza, noodles and red sauce on everything we come across i decided to just make hamburgers which was a nice change and everyone seemed to enjoy it!(PS. everything to eat in Italy is literally pizza in some different shape of form, or pasta there is little meat on anything we see and what there is meat on is some weird sausage ,,i would love some Mexican food or anything else for that matter) After dinner we went on a Pub Crawl in Rome we met up with the guides and everyone at the Spanish Steps then went to three different pubs it was really fun and the guides take care of everything including buses home so nobody gets lost. Today we are thinking we might go to the Sanata Serta beach its about an hour and a half away on the train but we haven't decided yet ..overcast at the moment here! I will put up some pics when i get a chance LOVE you all

Today after class we went exploring in the other direction of our classes and housing and went to the Colosseum, Foro di Cesare (aka the real Cesar's Palace), and a Basilica (church) near school,,,the Churches here are made with incredible detail and the architecture is unbelievable.

Vatican Video!!

Yesterday was our first day of class and we meet every morning at 9am (it takes at least an hour for us to get to school ,, we ride the metro and then about a 35min walk) at the Pantheon Institute it is literally next door to the Pantheon which is amazing!! After our history of foods class as part of the learning experience we were told to walk about 20min away to a market,, we are learning all about the Italian culture and their produce and products and the market was very fun any kind of fresh fruits our vegetables you want and then some you have probably never seen as well as fresh truffles which I found awesome. .................Last night a bunch of us hung out here in our apartment at the complex and drank wine and got to know each other everyone is super nice and fun!
Today we went to school had our classes and then me and Lauren went to the Vatican afterwards it was pretty fantastic the architecture is incredible. I took a quick video just so you guys could see what it was like a little hope you enjoy :) Love (ok couldnt get the video to work right now i will try later tonight!)

Tonight was dinner with our professors at a really nice Italian restaurant we had an amazing food vino! Then we walked around the area where our classes will be ..starting tomorrow at the pantheon institute.... on our walk to class from the metro we pass the Trevi fountain and the Spanish steps its pretty amazing here are a few pictures i took from around our school!

Residence!

This is a view from our balcony at our residence in Roma. Today we just got settled and went grocery shopping,,,,,quite an experience everything was in Italian and most of the people who work around town only speak Italian so we are doing our best to get around. Last night we went out on the town to experience the nightlife and finally found a few pubs we took the metro to get there and then on our way home realized that it closes at 12...and it was 1 so needless to say we had quite the hike home but it was a learning experience and actually ended up being fun. I would compare living here to NYC it is very busy and noisy. Tonight we are meeting with our professors and having dinner and we start classes tomorrow!!!

First Night!

Last night was our first night here our flight arrived at 10:30pm after a few delays ,,we grabbed some dinner at a restaurant nearby then got a couple boxes of wine out of a vending machine for two euros :) ha ha and sat outside on our terrace at the hotel (Hotel Roma)! Today is our first adventure we will check into our housing later and actually go into Rome! ....more to come Love and miss everyone.

IN ROME!!

Arrived in Rome!!!!