Bongiorno, Italia!

We have arrived! I'm finally in Italy, and it is so wonderful! The plane ride was so long and tedious; I only got two hours of sleep on the nine hour flight. When we finally got to Roma we were so excited! We goofed off with luggage carts for a while, then got on the tiny buses for the ride to Ariccia!



The scenery reminded me a little bit of Alabama except for the red and orange houses! We got to the hotel, which is amazing, and set up our rooms. Then we went to a bar and restaurant called BBQ and had pizza! I got a pizza called Capricciosa. It was sort of weird. It had different types of meat, eggs, and black olives. I couldn't decide if I liked it or not. After dinner we weren't tired so we headed to an Irish pub that was in town! It was a neat atmosphere, and it made me excited to go to Dublin for St. Patrick's Day! Today we toured the palace Chigi, where our classes are held, and we strolled around Ariccia and met the mayor. We ate at a restaurant called the BeBop, and it was pretty yummy. In about an hour we are going to take a walk to Albano, the next town over from Ariccia. They are having sales in all of their stores, so I guess we will shop a little! Ciao until next time!

This is our beautiful hotel! Hotel Villa Aricia.