hey y'all.... I know that you're just about tired of reading and re-reading the story of the ass pinching, so I am going to diligently put up another post. Well, actually this isn't going to be a really long post because I am tired of being in the center and I need to get out and get some chocolate of sorts and go and read some where, so yes. Here, then, is the super quick update on life in Italy.

Two weekends ago was my trip to Rome. Wheee! This was absolutely sooo incredible! Definitely one of the highlights of my stay in Italy so far. I was absolutely floored by the majesty of the city. Just the size of everything there! Oh my goodness! Not to mention that they had the best gelaterria called Giolitti. Ooooh my goodness! I wish I could send some of this back to all of you in the states! Although an interesting side effect of the wonderful gelato in Rome is that I am disillusioned with Florence gelato. In fact, I have not had a gelato since I returned. It would just be anticlimatical, after all.
Yes indeed, Rome did have more to offer me than scrumptious gelato. In fact, here is an exerpt from my journal during my trip:

Eerie. Very eerie. That's how I would describe the Colosseum. Majestic and imposing, yes. But underneath, an unimaginable labrynth of passageways and corridors and secret rooms that are now grown over with soft green grass. My imagination can only begin to conjure up what deadly, tortuous past this place must have had. It's a little shocking to see the contrast so vivid between the Colosseum and the Vatican. One the site of such cruelty and bloodiness, the other a house for the Prince of Peace.

This weekend there was a very rainy Saturday, which was okay with me cuz I was inside the whole day starting and finishing (woo hoo! procrastination skills!) my written-in-Italian essay for my Italian cinema class. Aw yeah. Then Sunday was absolutely gorgeous! I went up with a group of people to Piazzole Michelangelo and the gardens overlooking the entire city of Florence. It was so beautiful! And I got to write lots of postcards, so check in your mailboxes soon, people! Well, "soon" on Erin plus Italian terms, so meaning at least a month. =) Oooh, and if you haven't already given me your address, how do you expect that I will write to you, huh?

Okay, this concludes my update. Off to have some more adventures!