First weekend in Rome!

After about 16 hours of total travel time, I finally arrived to ROMA. I could barely stay awake during the bus ride to our apartment/school area, despite how excited I was. We had to drag our bags which weighed about 150 pounds to our apartment - which was not fun at all. Luckily, my apartment is only 2 blocks from Scuola de Leonardo di Vinci and Gustolab - which is where all my classes are. The apartment is small, and kind of cozy. We don't have a lot of bedroom space and the bathroom is pretty small. Although, the owner of the building controls the heat so it is always freezing. Rome in general is much colder than I expected it to be, and I did not bring enough clothes for winter weather. That just means more shopping though right? :) I spent my first night in Roma eating at the closest pizzeria to me and trying Italian gelato for the first time. I had pizza with eggplant and vanilla and strawberry gelato. Gelato is to die for here :) I spent my first weekend doing orientation related things. The first morning I had Italian style pastries and cappuccino...which were all delicious. It is only acceptable to have cappuccino in the morning here, and people don't eat breakfast type of foods any time past 11am.  During the evenings, I ventured out and saw the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain, and the Spanish steps. Of course I took pictures everywhere, and it was really nice just walking around and viewing what Italian life is like. I also ate at one of the best known pizza places in all of Rome during my first weekend - DAR POETA. It was absolutely delicious, and I will surely miss it when I'm back in Chicago. Pizza here is so much different than pizza at home. It is extremely thin, and served in a huge piece without being cut. Apparently, Italians "enjoy being able to cut pizza pieces the way they like" and not in same size pieces like "Americans" do. - This is what my food and culture teacher told me at least.