i actually went to class which was surprising but i figured i should being that matt was still sleeping when i had class at 4...as well as still sleeping when i returned at 5:30, i literally kicked him for about 10 minutes at around 7 to make him get up, shower, then get ready to go to dinner. we walked around trastevre and got dinner, then went near stephs apt to order our turkey which we were really nervous about that it was too late. luckily for us the place she got hers from had ordered a bunch so we were pretty happy about it, we ordered 2, 6 kilo turkeys b/c according to steph thats what we needed, we didnt think to check the Lb to kilo ratio, little did we know, we ordered 2, 14lb turkeys for 10 of us...thanks steph!! haha jk...we were able to sell our extra turkey to jay and the guy on the black market luckily on wednesday when we picked it up haha.
the next day we did a bit of sightseeing, we had intended to see the pantheon and a few other non-energy needing sights b/c we were still being lazy, but of course we ended up walking across the world, seeing via del corso, the spanish steps, the church made of bones, as well as a restaurant my moms friend told me to go to that i thought id never find, its called ciao bella...i mean what are the chances id find the exact restaurant in rome thats called ciao bella haha...clearly it was way out of our price range so i made a quick call to the mom and told her my findings...when she was happy i found her friends fav restaurant i worked my magic and convinced her it was only appropriate that she treat us for dinner if we went one night, somehow it worked and we planned to go monday night before matt left on tuesday.
that night we picked up some pot, went to dinner, then hung out and watched movies. the next day melissa, jackie, matt, and jess's friend chrissy would arrive...this is when our apt would become a glorious madhouse.
clearly, i felt wednesday was not a day to attend school lol...we did some adventures through rome, went to dinner in trastevre, walked around a lot, then came back to get ready with everyone to go out that night. we all decided this would be a great night to go to campo since we hadnt been there in awhile. we all pregamed a lottttttttt then got on the tram to go to sloppy sams. we had a lot of fun there, this is where the night seems to get a bit foggy, one thing lead to another and a few of us split up here and there, i dont know how but matt and i ended up at a diff bar and drank a lot more. we all got home at different times, 2 here, 3 there, then one by one people came stumbling home, this was interesting haha. the next morning was going to suck, matt and i hadta get up by 9 to start slicing dicing basting and cooking everything for the next day, mind you, very hungover.
matt woke me up around 930 and pulled me into the kitchen, we were both still drunk while handling sharp objects, not ok. we threw whoever was sleeping on the couch into my bed and began our day. first of course, we had to light a blunt, i mean how else were we really supposed to handle such a task at such an early hour? haha
we started peeling like 900 potatoes, seasoned the turkey and threw it in, ran to the store to get some last minute things, then at around 11 we decided it was time to start drinking wine, about 5 hrs later when we ate dinner we were so trashed im surprised i ended the day with all 10 fingers. someone made a toast and all i could be thankful for was my wine haha, not ok. after dinner me matt and ali had a little pt to smoke that ali brought as a surprise, but as soon as matts fork went down he passed out, then after i smoke the world was spinning and ali was wearing mini mouse ears for some reason and it bugged m out! lol...i yelled at her to remove them then passed out too, this was at liek 7pm. i slept until around 1030, woke up and realized no one was there except for matt who was passed out in my bed, and kaitie and susan who were about to leave. they were meeting up with everyone at testaccio so i somehow got myself together, called ali and susan when i was ready and ali said they were going to scholars so i hoppped on the bus to meet them at the stop. when i got there it was only kaitie and ali and the others were apparently supposed to meet us, that didnt happen. me kaitie and ali spent the night there, kaitie and i had a nice performance of blackedout ali all night haha..we left at around 2, came home and passed out.
the next day me kaitie susan and matt went searching for the catacombs, #1 ali gives the worst directions ever #2 it was pouring, #3 we were in the middle of no where and ended up in the biggest park the world has ever known right near the zoo, we never made it to the catacombs but did end up at piazza del popolo then went to st. peters to show matt the church. that night all of us decided to go to coyote in testaccio, i had never been there but jess said it was awesome, and that it was. it was liek half inside and half outside, all i kno is we took a lot of tequilla shots, and matt tried to trick me into taking a shot of jack and i almost threw it at him haha. we were all soooo drunnk, got home around 5, then planned to get up at around 745 to go to florence that next day...this was going to be a long day ahead of us
me matt ali susan and melissa actually got up and went to florence on a 10:00 train that next day, how, we still dont know. we spent the day mostly shopping..i bought a bag and some other things, matt bought a leather jacket and a lot of stuff for his family, and the others bought some leather stuff too. by the end of the day we were soaking and freezing. we went somewhere for dinner but we were dropping like flies and needed to come back. none of us made it out that night, we were all soooo out of it and needed to rest up for the roma soccer game the next day!
matt ali and i went to the market the next day by around 12, spent about 2 hrs there then left with kaitie and susan for the roma game, this place was insannneeeee. the fans were crazy, singing, cursing at the opposing fans, waving flags, attacking the wall between roma and the other team, i couldnt believe it. we found seats pretty close to the field surprisingly, and halfway through the game the wonderful aroma of hash came floating our way, i look over and matt is getting a joint passed to him by the guy behind us! what a dayyyy!..then i look over and susan the junkie was smoking too! we found a way to ask the guy if we could buy some and we did, this was just amazing lol. after the game we took our hash and started our venture home, this was not easy. we had no idea how to get back so we hopped on the first bus we saw. as we were in traffic we looked over and a car was on fire! liek huge flames. we hopped off the bus and started walking, finally we got out of there and headed to abbey theater to meet up with jess and some others to watch the giants game, as well as to eat everything we could find b/c we were starving. we got there, all had beers, burgers and fries and finally decided just to leave, we were so tired and out of it.
the next day was matts last day in rome. we did the colosseum, the pantheon, and a few other things. clearly i didnt feel like class was a good idea lol so i skipped it again. then we came home, showered, rested, then went on our way to dinner at ciao bella. when we got there we knew we'd love the place as soon as they greeted us with champagne as we sat down haha. we shared delicious pastas, veal, lots of wine, and a glorious italian cheesecake. we knew we did some damage but we did not realize how much....128 euros later i was speechless deciding how to break the news to joanne haha. instead, i put 40 euro on my card and the rest on hers...when i signed the 2 receipts i noticed something...they only charged 12 to my moms card! what a dayyyy....we sprinted as fast as we could when we left and i took matt to get gelatto since he hadnt had it yet, even after the enormous dinner we had....of course it started downpouring and put a damper on our plan to show him the trevi fountain. we decided to have a cab take us there, let us sprint to take a pic then jump back in the cab, the driver thought we were nuts but we clearly needed a picture in front of it haha...it was a great success
when we got back matt packed up and we just watched a movie and went to bed, we had to be up at 5am to take him to the train to get him to the airport....it had been a great and long 12 day visit!
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