So brief update on yesterday, since I failed to blog (bad Kate). We wandered around Rome and discovered that nearly everything is closed on Sundays, so my effort to find school supplies was a bust. We did however manage to find some pretty pink flowers from a vendor to place in a vase on our dining room table. As I type their sweet smell is wafting towards me, courtesy of the fan.
In our wanderings we did manage to find one grocery store that is open on sundays. It is about a 15 minute walk from our apartment. Sounds not that bad, right? Wrong. When you are carry grocery bags it is very, very far away. Worse when one of your bags breaks on you during the walk home. Good thing we had an extra one just in case (totally could have been a girl scout)! The most exciting part of this grocery store is the fact that we found salsa and peanut butter!!!! As if Erica and I did not already have "American" stamped on our heads, we audibly squealed with joy. Oh the simple pleasures. On the downside, the teeniest jar of peanut butter here set us back around 7 US dollar. Worth it, very worth it.
You may be thinking about now, it was Sunday, why have we not heard about church service? Now before you start pointing fingers and calling me a heathen, I am working on it. My roommate Erica has a connection with a leader of campus crusade. This woman works with the Italian universities, not John Cabot, but, she has agreed to meet Erica and I for coffee and give us the low down on the English speaking church scene in Rome. It looks like we will be meeting with her on Thursday, so if all goes well I should have a church by this Sunday. In the mean time I think I will just have to watch Wooddale online. Perhaps I will see my parents heads from their standard second row pew...
The best part of the day was skyping with my whole family, though the peanut butter is a close second, sorry family. This is the first time since my arrival in Rome that I have been able to see all of them at once. It was so nice to be able to catch up with them and hear all of their stories. They also informed me that people in church are reading my blog. Yippee!! I thought for sure that it would just be my family and Mrs. Abele. So thanks for reading Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett. I hope that you are enjoying the tales of my adventures thus far. I am glad that the wonders of technology allow me to keep in touch with you all back home. Makes the whole being a trillion miles away thing easier.
Well, I am off to class. So, until next time...
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