DAY 5~~give us ice coffees and a fan or give us death!

Last night we tried to be responsible and stay in to catch up on sleep and head to our orientation at around 9am...we clearly didnt do so, we couldn't fall asleep until 3, we were soooo hot, still have not found a fan and were miserable. we woke up early, showered and stumbled outside to the bus and made it to orientation right on time. we were sooo hot still and starving, jes was smart and escaped briefly and came back with a donut that whore haha jk, shes just smarter than the rest of us...

orientation was stupid, basically warned us not to trust anyone, told us that we are the only ones who drink in large quantities, and everyone wants to rob us, it really started our day off right haha

we came back, decided we needed to finally get some necessities such as dish soap, paper towels and food to cook with.

there is this crazy market literally 2 min walking distance away from us that sells everything in little stands from fruits, to fish, meats, nuts, veggies, cheeses, breads, shoes, fabrics, and some kitchen things...we got a few things then hit up the supermarkets on the same street

*kaitie shopping away at the supermarket*

the problem w/ italy is you need to go to a diff store for everything such as if u need a light bulb u go to the light bulb store, a cup of coffee is only at the coffee store, and we are still on the search for the fucking fan store!! haha


*huge wine things...like 3 times the size of a keg*

shopping was difficult b/c of our lack of italian aka lack of reading labels, we did our best and left with a sufficient amount of ingredients to make a great italian dinner...we hope

so we came back and it was siesta time, jess and susan passed out so kaitie and i talked about iced coffee for about 3 hrs then decided after google-ing dunkin donuts and starbucks to find that they are not located in rome that it was time to cross over to teh dark side and head to mcdonalds in hope that we could enjoy a delicious icey coffee beverage.

susan woke up, jess was dead, susan kaitie and i trecked our way to find a mcdonalds...we made it there like 8 tram stops later and were upset to find they did not have any coffee at all...WEIRD


*our search for iced coffee*

we left, but not before enjoying some classics like happy meals and such...

we crossed the street and found ourselves in a great neighborhood part of where we live called trasvetere...there are cute little shops, restuarants, and things on the street to buy for way less than the more touristy areas b/c this is where the locals hang...we finally made it back and are going to make dinner soon with all our new food we bought, we're hoping for the best...

tonight we may hit up an irish pub, most of us are feeling a bit under the weather but will fight thru it...i mean come on, its our first friday in roma!!