Weekends

Since it's the weekend for us, not much has happened--it's been a very chill couple of days. Yesterday was fairly uneventful, and today was more of the same. It's a welcome break from the daily outings and the classes. Most of the group has gone to Florence for the weekend, so it's been pretty quiet around here (and I have the bed to myself!). Today my friend Summer and I took a walk to the north of Rome to the Villa Borghese gardens--a park of sorts. We did a little studying there and then headed back. It was quite a hike, so we were pretty tired when all was said and done. I had calzone for dinner at the place that serves that pumpkin risotto. It was lovely. We did some wandering after that, and Travis showed us a fantastic gelato place tucked way into a tiny corner on one of the backstreets. I had tiramisu and coffee (one of my favorite combinations)--and the tiramisu was legit tiramisu. I think they just make it and then keep it cold. Delicious. They also sold a raspberry gelato there that had sage in it? It was a little strange, and when I tasted some of Summer's, it made me think of Christmas. We weren't sure how we felt about it.
After two weeks, everyone's having a little spell of homesickness, which will pass, I'm sure. I think it's worse on the weekends, when we have nothing to distract us. I'm missing the Seattle lindy scene, other people are missing girlfriends or boyfriends, and all of us are missing clean Seattle air. :) Yep, and talking to the parentals on skype tonight was really nice.
Tomorrow is the last day of our weekend, and when everyone comes back from Florence, so everything will liven up very soon.