Day 5- A Day of Rest

So I was so knocked out, I didn't wake up until 1:30pm. It was my first day to sleep in over a week. That sleep was so needed. So I wake up and my professor wasn't on the couch, he somehow cracked open the lock and got into his room. So I'm telling my roommate what happened and just laughing about the whole thing. However, we no longer have a lock on our door, there is a hole.

So we decide we really need to get groceries and Internet. Ok, so the best deal in all of Europe is at the Bar Astra. So for 25 euro, I get unlimited Internet access for 30 days. Everywhere else is charging 9 euro for one hour!! It is crazy out here. So I'm now forced to hang out the Internet cafe, which is really smart on their part. The longer I sit there, the more I buy.

We meet some students from our program there and they said that the supermarket is closed. So now I get some seafood pasta and glass of wine for the bar and catch up on my emails. Not being on the Internet for few days really takes a long time to go through. I go home and a few people are there and hanging out. Which is cool, then a few more come over. My roommate has a cell phone so people call and they show up. We have 10 people over, it's cool, we drink wine, eat my roommates cheese and salami.

So let me tell about the most amazing Luciana we know, this guy named Francesco, he's a friend to the program. He knows all about the city and where to go. So we leave our apartment and go to the pub they went to last night. One of the girls got into a huge argument with some guy who hates Americans!! So we go in they say they are closed, they can't serve after 1am, it's the law. So Francesco goes to another bar on the block, he says a few words to the owner and we are in just like that. That was the best VIP treatment ever.

They so open up just for us, somebody has given him the nickname "the mayor." So we sit, order drinks, talk and hang out some more. So Italy is really big on soccer, they have a fuse ball table and everybody goes and plays. I sit and watch and highly entertained. So eventually I leave, I didn't think it would be cute to be the girl sleep at the bar.