2 Jews in Rome

Liat, one of my roommates and a fellow New York Jew, and I decided to go for a walk today. (Actually I needed to stop by campus to print out my boarding pass for Brussels tomorrow, but the servers were down so I couldn't. Fuck. But not the point of the story.) It was a really nice day, first in a while. And we walked down to campus, then around the Jewish ghetto for a while. We had the most amazing lunch. We went to this amazing kosher restaurant and got falafel, humus, tahini, baba ganoush, Israeli salad and sigariot. It was so amazing! Anyone who has spoken to me lately know how much I have been craving non-Italian food. This was perfect. It was so lovely. We both felt like we were back in Israel.

Tonight we're going to make lasagna (back to Italy), and tomorrow I leave for two days in Brussels with Kate and Catherine! So excited!

New Love for the Vatican City

So today Kate Catherine and I had a fun day around town. But I must admit my favorite part was going to the Vatican City. Catherine and Kate went to the museums there, but I had done that already so I just hung out in the St. Peter's Square and such. I went to the Vatican post office and sent a few postcards. So much fun! I got Vatican City stamps too. I love sending things via pope-mail*. So if anyone wants a postcard just give me your address, I will *gladly* do that more.
<--- There you can see one of the many Vatican mailboxes. Once I finished that errand I just hung out in the square while I waited for them. I drew a little, but mostly took pictures. By the time that the girls were done, the sun had set. And I must say there is little that is more beautiful than the St. Peters at night. See:

If you want to see more pictures from the day (and from past adventures, such as our trip to the Gianicolo Hill which I forgot to blog about - we got to see a canon get shot!) you can see them here.

*The Italian mail system is notoriously bad, so not only will you guys get things faster via pope-mail but it is ten times cooler. Also, thank god, now I know for sure you'll get it. (Pun intended.)

It all makes sense now

I understand how it is that Rome gets more inches of rain per year then London. It may not rain as often but boy does it rain hard.

How do I know this you might ask? Well I just essentially swam to the ATM and I now understand how my dog feels when she gets out of a bathtub. I just toweled off a bit, and now it is time to get back in bed and finish my reading of "De Rerum Natura" by Lucretius. The man wrote science and philosophy in Latin in verse. 'Tis an odd reading, but I like it. Thank god I only have to read it in English though. I did by a bomba for motivation. Once I finish my reading I can indulge in the chocolaty, sugary goodness that is an Italian doughnut. That is assuming it survived its journey 20,000 leagues under the sea. I didn't open the back to check. Once the bag is open there is nothing to stop me from devouring it.