25 gennaio 2018
We couldn’t check out of that Airbnb fast enough! Pierre was super kind and helpful to us, but I'm going to give his place a real review, so that other people can be warned before booking his place.
We spent the morning exploring the city a bit more and eating pizza. I know I'm going to miss this Italian pizza. We had to catch a bus back to Rome in the early afternoon.
As we were waiting for the bus, we made friends with couple from Prague. They spoke little English, no Italian, no French and of course we can’t speak Czech at all. We were able to get to know each other using English though. They were an older couple whose kids have all grown up. Giuseppe said, “wow! We could be your kids!” and they laughed.
He is a philosopher who works for several universities and she is a professor of sociology. They love traveling and they told us about their favorite European countries. We asked them if they'd ever traveled to the US, and he said no, and they weren't going to because they didn't want to! Haha we tried to sell America to him by talking about our national parks and big cities and diversity but he was not interested. He said we have no history or culture.
Honestly, I thought that was pretty rude, especially coming from a philosopher, someone who is supposed to be open to new ideas. So we asked questions about their country and their culture, and every answer was tainted with, "the way we do things is the best way." I was getting so annoyed! Soon the bus came and we parted ways.
Today's bus ride took 5 hours, so we really didn't get to do much unfortunately. We were able to see a lot of the Italian countryside though. I wish we could be nomads and drop everything and spend a month or two living amongst Italians in vineyards!
We stopped at a gas station halfway through and bought gas station pizza. And wouldn’t you know, it was delicious.
Our Airbnb for our last night in Italy is on the coast, about 30 minutes outside of Rome, near the airport. We arrived around 7 and met our super kind hosts. We ended up having the entire apartment to ourselves! This Airbnb is AMAZING! Pristine. Modern. Decorated. Fully stocked. Sparkling- literally. There is sparkle wallpaper everywhere! It's amazing. We are in love with this place.
We walked around the quiet neighborhood looking for a place to eat. There weren’t many restaurants, and most of them were seafood restaurants. I love seafood, but thanks to my job at the sushi restaurant, I need a long break from fish.
We eventually came to pier and were out of options. I saw a restaurant called Old Wild West and my mouth started watering imagining a burger and fries. Italy has great food, but you can only have pasta and pizza for so long! American food is just what we were craving. Our last meal in Italy, at an American restaurant... Will I regret this one day?
The burgers and fries (and chocolate cake...) were delicious. The restaurant was decorated with pictures of Texas, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. Facing our table was a large TV screen playing footage of snowboarders in Park City! It was perfect when we started chatting with our waiter and he asked where we were from. I pointed to the TV screen, “...there.” He just thought that was the coolest thing!
We woke up early to catch a bus to the airport. Our last sight of Italy was the morning sun on the Mediterranean waters. Leaving a wonderful place is the saddest feeling. Good thing I have the crippling anxiety of all that homework I've procrastinated to distract me...
We couldn’t check out of that Airbnb fast enough! Pierre was super kind and helpful to us, but I'm going to give his place a real review, so that other people can be warned before booking his place.
We spent the morning exploring the city a bit more and eating pizza. I know I'm going to miss this Italian pizza. We had to catch a bus back to Rome in the early afternoon.
As we were waiting for the bus, we made friends with couple from Prague. They spoke little English, no Italian, no French and of course we can’t speak Czech at all. We were able to get to know each other using English though. They were an older couple whose kids have all grown up. Giuseppe said, “wow! We could be your kids!” and they laughed.
He is a philosopher who works for several universities and she is a professor of sociology. They love traveling and they told us about their favorite European countries. We asked them if they'd ever traveled to the US, and he said no, and they weren't going to because they didn't want to! Haha we tried to sell America to him by talking about our national parks and big cities and diversity but he was not interested. He said we have no history or culture.
Honestly, I thought that was pretty rude, especially coming from a philosopher, someone who is supposed to be open to new ideas. So we asked questions about their country and their culture, and every answer was tainted with, "the way we do things is the best way." I was getting so annoyed! Soon the bus came and we parted ways.
Today's bus ride took 5 hours, so we really didn't get to do much unfortunately. We were able to see a lot of the Italian countryside though. I wish we could be nomads and drop everything and spend a month or two living amongst Italians in vineyards!
We stopped at a gas station halfway through and bought gas station pizza. And wouldn’t you know, it was delicious.
Our Airbnb for our last night in Italy is on the coast, about 30 minutes outside of Rome, near the airport. We arrived around 7 and met our super kind hosts. We ended up having the entire apartment to ourselves! This Airbnb is AMAZING! Pristine. Modern. Decorated. Fully stocked. Sparkling- literally. There is sparkle wallpaper everywhere! It's amazing. We are in love with this place.
We walked around the quiet neighborhood looking for a place to eat. There weren’t many restaurants, and most of them were seafood restaurants. I love seafood, but thanks to my job at the sushi restaurant, I need a long break from fish.
The burgers and fries (and chocolate cake...) were delicious. The restaurant was decorated with pictures of Texas, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. Facing our table was a large TV screen playing footage of snowboarders in Park City! It was perfect when we started chatting with our waiter and he asked where we were from. I pointed to the TV screen, “...there.” He just thought that was the coolest thing!
We woke up early to catch a bus to the airport. Our last sight of Italy was the morning sun on the Mediterranean waters. Leaving a wonderful place is the saddest feeling. Good thing I have the crippling anxiety of all that homework I've procrastinated to distract me...
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