Friday Funday

The last few days a have been busy with school since midterms are coming up.  I have four midterms and a presentation so I have been busy preparing study guides and reading.  Next Monday through Thursday I have two guy friends named Ryan and Rob who will be visiting Rome and staying in my apartment.  They both go to UCSD with me and are studying in Berlin this semester.  As a study break today, I went shopping for rain boots with my roommate Marni.  We went over to a huge shopping over by the Vatican.   There were many people out and about in the streets and many street vendors.  We wandered into some American stores (Tommy Hilfiger, the body shop, quicksilver) and also some European stores.  I did not see anything I wanted to buy.  Most of the fashion is so high fashion that I would not be able to pull it off!  Also, I am in denial that winter is coming and that I have to start wearing winter clothes.  I do not like wearing pants.  So not comfortable!  Marni and I stopped at a street vendor and Marni saw a dress that she wanted to try on.  She asked the guy if they had a dressing room and he told her that she could try it on in the trunk of his car.  He promised it would be ok.  Marni and I looked at each other and laughed and kept walking.  I am off the Eurochocolate festival tomorrow morning at 7 am.  I will be going to a guided tour of the Perugia chocolate factory.  After that I will have time to go around, enjoy the festival, and discover the city.  I plan to arrive back in Rome around 8 at night.