travel Blog and Journals

This month, I have the honor to be staying at The American Academy in Rome, Italy. What a fantastic experience! I've only been here a couple days, yet I already feel at home...? Its all so interesting... So i decided to keep a blog of what I'm doing, eating, wearing, and seeing. Things in italy are just so.... different (for lack of a better word) than in America. But in some ways, they are very similar. For instance, at dinner the other night, I overheard a conversation about the latest South Park episode... while at my table, we were talking about Dante. 

Also you can find things here, that you couldn't in America.... Smart Cars are abundant, and octopi are stocked in grocery stores.

....as you can see...

I actually ate some delicious octopus today... it was served as a ragu with gnocchi... so yummy... heres a pic:

I couldn't eat it all... such big portions! so I ended up taking it home and putting it in the mini-fridge in my apartment. Oh how glamorous.

This is where I'm staying... oh i know, i'll get spoiled. Ordering diamond encrusted tins of caviar to be delivered to my apartment by butlers liveried daily. ahh I wish. ;) 

But on the OTHER end of the spectrum, Rome is one of the most graffitied cities around...

now, this is no Banksy work (check him out here) but its pretty cool... :) That is the sort of stuff you see all over the place. 

Well I hope SOMEONE out there will be reading my Rome travel-blog... it'd be nice to know that i'm not writing into a proverbial black hole... comment? buzz? lol thnx

Ciao, Ya'll ;)

xoxo Maggie