Czech us out...

On June 25^th we said goodbye to Canto De Nelli and headed for Prague!  We had mixed feelings about Prague, since none of us knew a thing to do there.  We started off the trip by flying Easyjet, big mistake.  They were complete idiots who lacked in the customer service department.  They were so rude they made us check our backpacks(which could totally fit on the plane) for the low price of 30 Euro each way, that was fun.

When we finally arrived in Prague we made our way to our apartment/hotel.  I was a bit hesitant considering we were dropped off at a big wooden door with only the number 10 on it.  Going inside it still wasn’t very reassuring, we were in a creepy garden scene with strange people just sitting on steps.  Finally we found the office, they gave us the keys, we went right on up!

Unfortunately we had a minor set back and couldn’t get the lock undone to our room….yes, we had to go back downstairs and get them to unlock our door.  Somewhat embarrassing.  Our room/ apartment was awesome!  Very spacious and just what we wanted. 

After we got settled we decided to take a look around and stumbled upon  a music festival!  I would say it was a mix between heavy metal/ Indie Rock music in Czech of course.  As we were wandering around with our VIP passes( haha) drinking our Czech beer we met two guys from Maryland who said they were here with the WOLF program.  Which meant they were here to work on an organic sheep farm hahah.  They were probably the most interesting people we have met yet.  After we enjoyed our first Prague food we decided to head to our apartment and get ready for the evening, by this point it was around 7 at night. Luckily our apartment was right across the street from the oldest microbrewery in Prague. We went in there and tried to get some food, to our surprise not all of Europe eats on Italy time and they had quit serving food.  Instead we just grabbed some of their famous beer( which were dirt cheap), headed home and talked the night away.  At this point we were missing our other two amigos who had left us in Florence, whomp whomp.

Day 2

 Once we all woke up we decided to explore Prague along with everything it had to offer.  We started off by heading to Old Town Square.  It is famous for the old Astronomical clock.  Every hour on the hour a member of the guard comes out and plays a tune on a trumpet. Crowds of people would gather around just to watch him come out and play, I felt like I was in Medieval times.  Lucky for us a food festival was going on in the square.  Katie, Megan, and I started off the morning with a grilled cheese.  How I missed greasy food!  It was so delicious we decided we had to try more of the food.  Once we were completely stuffed we started to head toward Charles Bridge.

A couple of people in our group really wanted to get art work from the bridge, we were on a mission.  Katie was determined to find a painting that had to do with the John Lennon Wall.  The John Lennon wall is this remarkable wall from the 1960’s, it is a symbol of defiance during the time of strict government policy.  With her lucky Irish roots she was able to find exactly the painting she wanted!  After our luxurious 3 hour nap we decided to try a place to eat the was recommended by our good buddy Rick Steves. The place we decided to go to was a local pub type scene with a variety of food to choose from.  You could get meat, meat, or more meat.  Somehow we decided on Old Prague’s platter of meat. Madison and I decided to share it, the dish had a variety of different kinds of meat.  It had a Turkey leg, pork chops, chicken, sauerkraut, dumplings, and not to mention the things that we had no idea what they were.  Overall it was delish.  Apparently Prague is famous for their Pig Knee, I being the super American I am refused to try it, but no telling if it was on our platter or not.

That night we were having trouble finding something to do, naturally I suggested we follow the big group of  people our age. Yeah, that was a mistake.  They definitely weren’t going anywhere of interest, haha my bad. Prague also has a lot of casinos.  As we walked pass one Madison marched right in and was going to play roulette.  Of course the rest of us watched from outside, we are chickens…. She came out very angered that we had not followed her in haha. Oh well! I was down to go in, but absolutely no one was in them, it weirded me out.  Scratch that idea.  Instead we just walked around and eventually headed home!

Prague Castle

Today we were determined to go and see the Prague Castle.  Starring at it from a distance it literally looked like a  castle from a Disney movie, we had to see what it looked like within the walls. To get to the castle we had to catch a tram.  Trams are probably my least favorite thing about Prague, no matter how smart we thought we were, we always got on the wrong tram.  No matter what. 

Anyway when we finally found the right one it took us right up to the castle…it was massive.  The first thing we did was go in the walls and visit the cathedral.  It was beautiful on the inside, full of sculptures and stain glass everywhere you looked. Next we headed to the royal chambers it was were the royalty within the castle walls met.  They were all sorts of vaults and trap doors.  Then in one of the rooms was a throne and a crown, cool!  It gave you a very good picture of what it must of looked like.  The view from this section of the castle was amazing.  It literally looked over the entire city of Prague (Perfect for solo shots).  The last thing we saw inside the castle was “Golden Lane”, which was a replicated street that was set up in the prime time of the castle.  They were jewelry shops, Armor repair, The Doctors house, the movie makers house, A famous fortune tellers house.  All of which was set up as if they had just went out for a morning stroll.  

When we got back to our place Madison asked the front desk man for suggestions on where to eat.  He told us we should try out the Lemon Leaf, who knew it would be a Thai restaurant?  It was good nonetheless.  It was a very trendy place, I felt like I was in New York or something.  When we got finished we decided to try and go get some Starbucks (every since its discovery on first day we had been there every day). Sadly it was closed and we settled for a place next door which had amazing crepes. Woohoo!  

Prague Zoo

Today was the day we had all been waiting for.  It was the day we would visit the Prague Zoo!  The Prague Zoo was portrayed as a super nice zoo that was supposed to have amazing animals, we had to check it out.  We thought it might be nice to take  a boat there. That plan crashed and burned.  It was an hour wait for the next boat that only took 75 minutes to get there. I don’t think so, I can’t think of anything more unappealing than being on a boat in the blistering heat for over an hour, we started scrounging around for alternate options.  The shortest way to get there was bus 112.  We immediately would have done that if we had the faintest idea where that was, we decided to hop on a tram that go the closest to where we wanted to go.  As soon we got off the tram bus 112 magically appeared and we took it to the entrance of the zoo. 

I was expecting at least a 500 Krown entrance (around $30) to our surprise it was like $9!  I liked this place already.  We started off the day by eating, naturally. After we got done we headed over to the Sea Lion, it was such a cute little nugget!  Swimming circles all around his tank.  From this point we saw all sorts of animals they ranged from penguins to hippopotamuses. 

My favorite animals were the Apes, Cats, and Elephants.  The Apes were seriously so human like it freaked me out.  They sat the same way as us, even some similar facial expressions.  They even were able to look in windows  demanding that they be fed. Very cool.  Next came the Cat exhibit.  The exhibit had a wide variety of different cats, the first one we saw was a huge Tiger. It was just hanging out taking a nap, next to the giant animal was a raw piece of meat.  I’m assuming it was a light afternoon snack. Continuing through the exhibit we saw  bobcats, miniature jaguar and many more. Great exhibit with a great variety of cats.  Lastly were the elephants, Katie was adamant about seeing them. To get to the elephant we had to ride a ski lift type contraption.  Madison was terrified which was hilarious…..

When we got to the top we took a detour and went into  .  It was like walking into a rain forest, we were officially in a pressurized bubble. To get out of this bubble we had to go into the  “twilight zone”.  When you start to get close to this zone bats fly out at you and it’s the scariest freaking thing.  Emily and I somehow made it past the bats and waited for the others.  We knew they were close when we heard wolfgang scream and Madison crawl/squat by like a secret agent.  We were dying of laughter by this point, so loud that a worker had to come yell at us hahah.  When we finally got out we vowed never to go in that thing again.  After checking our map we started heading for the elephants!

The elephants were absolutely amazing.   There were 3 huge animals just standing right in front of me.  The two girls were gossiping in the middle of their area, while the poor male elephant was isolated from the others.  They would use their trunks for everything and they even used rocks to scratch their legs!  One of the elephants looked as though she was dancing.  She was hanging out bobbing her head to a melody like “In Da Club”, we just at and watched for like thirty minutes.  They were definitely the coolest.

After that we were all exhausted and decided to go clean up for the night, I would definitely recommend the Prague zoo to anyone who visits.  It was not crowded, had tons of animals, inexpensive, and extremely clean.  Not a bad combination.

Leaving the zoo we had to find the tram that took us back to our apartment.  As we are walking to find it, the tram suddenly goes past us.  Immediately we all start running toward the tram so it won’t leave us.  I shout yell something in Czech( to make it stop of course)...none of us know Czech.  By then we are jogging to the tram and Madison yells “ Commit Commit and everyone literally starts sprinting!  Luckily we made it and our efforts were not wasted.

That night we wanted to try to find one of the famous beer gardens we had heard so much about. We thought it would be as easy as taking a tram, haha yeah right.  We took a tram then had to walk up a steep hill, then catch another tram, then walk to a creepy park, then proceed in the creepy park and head right.  Sounds simple right?  We were all just praying that it was worth it.  Once we finally stumbled upon it, the beer gardens were pretty cool.  It was an area in the middle of nowhere with a ton of picnic tables and beer venders.  When I had heard of them I imagined beer that you pluck off trees haha, I  guess I was close.  The beer was less than $2 and it was good dark beer.  Not a bad way to enjoy your night. 

We sat there lost in conversation for about two hours when we decided to try to get home.  Our best option was to try to get a cab.  This involved us walking back through the creepy park and finding a stand ( I am without pepper-spray mind you).  All of us are a little jumpy as we walk through the park, when we are about to hit the exit I see a figure running our way coming out of the trees.  He runs toward Emily, Madison, and Wolfgang.  Emily lets our the most piercing scream I have ever heard in my life, all the poor guy wanted was a lighter….

For the rest of the way through the park everyone was super jumpy for fear of creatures lurking in the trees.  We finally found a taxi stand and waited about 10 minutes for the first taxi to arrive.  Emily, Wolfgang, and Katie hop in the cab leaving me and Madison to wait for the next one.  Luckily he showed up about a minute after.  He was a rude pompous Czech man who obviously didn’t care for us. He charged me and Madison $40 for a 5 minute ride. Since the total was in Czech we had no idea it was a bad thing until we started walking in.  We were enraged to say the least.  The other girls cab cost maybe $6, you win some you lose some right?  After that we were so angry we just went to sleep. NOTE TO SELF, NEVER TRUST CZECH CAB DRIVERS.

Germany vs. Prague

On our last day in Prague we decided we should try to take a day trip to Germany.  We headed out of our apartment and tried to find the train station.  Of course we get on the wrong tram, when we finally get on the right one we miss the 10:30 train.  We decided we would just go at 12:30, then it got delayed 15 minutes, then 20 minutes, I was beginning to doubt Germany.  Emily, Madison, and I decided to just enjoy Prague on our last day, while Katie and Wolfgang went on.  We had a wonderful day shopping and checking out stores for ornaments for Emily (she collects them).

I was in need of a nap.  During our peaceful nap the power went off and a strange alarm starting going off. Immediately I woke up out of my daze to make sure the apartment wasn’t on fire, come to find out it was the apartment across the street that had its alarm going off.  I somehow managed to drift back off into sleep even with the screeching noise going off in the background.  When we all finally woke up we went to meet Katie and Wolfgang at the train station.  They told us all about their trip, which sounded amazing.  I was instantly jealous when Kathleen told me about the chocolate factory!

After hearing about the trip we all decided that we needed to get dinner before everything closed.  We picked a place right across the street from us, which turned out to be the best place we ate the entire trip.  I got the sirloin that was dipped in a sour cream sauce, which was surprisingly sweet.  Emily got beef goulash and the others got  schnitzel.  Everyone was extremely satisfied with their food!  The best part was the Kozel beer we had with the meal.  It was a dark beer that had a wonderful taste.  Did I mention that the staff was dressed up as cute little toy solider men?  It added a lot to the restaurant….  We took our last stroll around Prague and said goodbye to the wonderful city that had showed us a great time!

Good friends = Good times

This blog is dedicated to the lovely ladies that I have lived with for the past month. It has been real. Canto De Nelli for life!!

Emily/ Mama-bear

What is there to say?  You have been my roommate for the past month, I can always count on you to push our beds together so there is virtually only one bed. (I love to cuddle).   It seems like we have been planning this trip for years, when really it was like a 5 months.  We have grown so much closer since that first day we arrived in Florence and I’m glad to say we are “best friends best friends”.  You were the one who was always trying to keep us idiots together and get us back in one piece, for that I thank you.  You were always the person I could vent to and then I would stir you up and we would vent together ( good times, good times). When I think of you I think of Our 500+ date pictures, your German speaking abilities, cartwheels( you are going to hurt yourself), Never taking a good picture, the weird vegetable soups you always order, State of the art directional skills, Diffuser, money belts, falling asleep while typing on your computer after a long night, the market, and your questionable skyping with Flynny.  I hope we remember the fun times forever!!

Kathleen/Snapping turtle

    We just love to take long trips together!  We can now successfully tell your dad that we have not only mastered Florida, but we are European experts as well.  On this trip you have been the life of the party, and I love it.  You help me to rally myself when I want to sit home and read my kindle. Thank god!  You are sweet enough to braid my hair every day ( Please teach me sometime or I’m coming over every morning).  Every time I hear the name Canto De Nelli I will think of you, and the excellent game you invented. I feel like that might make an appearance in College Station every now and then.  Even though we butt heads all the time, we are still the best of friends! When I think of Italy and you I will think of Canto de Nelli, Karaoke at Red Garter, The gypsy song, Your love for olive oil, My bad for spilling my ENTIRE drink on you…,  bumping jams," I think i may leave to throw up now", Your secret love( Don’t worry I won’t mention the name J), drinking on the same page as each other,  and last but not least our two nights from hell…

Katie/ Ketchup

Oh gosh all the things I could mention about you Ketchup.  It is weird  that we actually knew each other before this trip, because now I see you in a totally different light.  You are not the quite person I took you for, instead you are absolutely hilarious and very talkative.  I will never forget your fear of balloons as long as I live.  I also will not forget that little trick you played on me, don’t worry I have got you back, you just don’t know it yet!  I loved the bike tour we did together and your intense biking skills.  You are always the one who is willing to eat with me at a moments notice.  You may be one of the most genuinely nice people I ever met.  Never a bad thought about anyone, you just want us all to be best friends.  Some things that remind me of you :How dare you try to cage me! “ my name is Kari lala, hey guys who sings this song?”, Hufflepuff, sister-in-law, I’ll never forget how you walked me home that night and gave me water, what a saint!  You have now moved up in my books as one of my favorite people, congratulations ketchup.

Ashley/Smashly/ Jersey Shore Stalker

Ash like Ketchup I can’t believe I knew you before this trip.  I have a new appreciation for you and your singing ability.  You were always the one who was happy no matter what was going on.  I think this is what attracted the strange Italian men,   and your lack of ability to have a mean look.  You were always looking for a good time, and were up for anything.  You are a great friend and stayed in Art History just so Wolfgang wouldn’t be alone, I salute you on that one.  You were also one of the only ones to do the bike tour with me, I mean who wouldn’t love biking in the rain?  When I think about that I think about our first biking adventure and how you almost took out that small Civic coming your way.  They were in your way anyway…I also think of ridiculous songs that I can’t get out of my head thanks to you!  Thank you so much for letting my peasant self use your charger. And lastly I think of your amazing ability to make friends with the locals, please teach me your skills one day.  I can’t wait to see you on north gate and creep up on you like a ferret….watch out my friend!

Megan/Wolfgang/ megay

How have I not know you for 20 years?? You have the instant ability to make friends and make people feel easy around you.  Thank god considering I am extremely awkward.  You have been a great addition to the group!  You know how to have a good time, yet still make sure everyone else is having a good time too.  I can see why you and Katie are friends because I liked you immediately too.  When I think of you I will first and foremost think of your rotten luck…  How you were the one to lose your passport and your luggage all in one trip.  But then I will also remembered how you handled with grain of rice.  You just acted like it would all be ok an I admire you for that. I love you even though you can’t finish your shot of tequila…hehe. Thank you so much for introducing me to Spaghetti Carbanara, giant cameras, solo shots, fashionable clothes, a  person from Texas I actually like, and most of all your stellar skills in pairing food and wines.

Madison/ the Haggler

Andrea will forever be a name of horror in my mind. Thanks for always being there to help me get the prices down on things that I want, you know I would just pay what they asked for. I  will  cherish the name Giovanni for the rest of my life.  I will look back and think of the torturous class, and then I’ll remember the days we would drink every single drop of wine.  Not the best idea in the intense Florence heat, but we did it anyway.  When I think of Italy I will think of: Grab somebody sexy tell them, HEYYYYY. Our crazy moods in hotel rooms, spinal problems?, You slapping an Eiffel Tower trinket man, sleepovers in our living room, “sweet little Madison”, Red Wine bottle, Tequila shots,  TWIX( love those nuggets), black olives, and our coke fixes.

Lindsey/ linds

I am so glad I met you!  You were a perfect addition to our group.  I don’t know how you stuck it out and handled the roommate for those weeks( I salute you for that).  You are hilarious.  I want to thank you for teaching me another way to eat oreos.  You have revolutionized my world!  Another thing I probably should thank you for is telling me to put away my card. Haha.  I can’t wait to hang out with you again in Lubbock!!

Canto de Nelli

Here’s to: never having toilet paper, roof top time, dance parties, bra chandeliers, fish pub, Karaoke, Jersey shore, Italian locals, Panini’s, pizza, wine, Giovanni, 69, awkward API events, that damn rain, never being on time anywhere, ALLORA, oh my god oh my god, unbelievable heat, pepper spray, Twice,  the market, caramel gelato, Bradford, nutella, strange northerners, 7 dwarfs, TOM, absinthe, secret bakery, THM, Peasant, gypsy, rolling in the deep, and most of all Florence Italy.  

Rain is a good thing....only in Texas.

 This upcoming weekend we are all getting excited about our trip to Paris.  I decided that I would stay in Thursday night and get all my packing done, considering we had to be up at 5 the next morning.  Some people in our apartment thought it would be a good idea to go out...that was an excellent idea.  When 5 rolls around the next morning everyone is scrambling around trying to get ready for our cab that is coming at 5:30.  At 5:15 we hear no movement from the room that went out and decide we should wake them up.  I being the warden ( The person who yells at everyone to get ready so we aren't late) go in there and say some encouraging words that sound like " If you aren't ready in 15 minutes I will not hesitate to leave you here. "  After that is was about 5:25 and we were all heading down to get in our cab when we realize one of the girls is still not awake.  I was dead set on leaving.  Luckily for them one of the other girls dragged her out of bed and finally convinced her to get ready.  Lets just say the taxi drivers were less then thrilled having to wait on us. 

Paris Baggage Claim!

 After that whole debacle we made it to the airport in one piece.  Check in went smoothly and we headed to our gate!  Right before we are about to take off i realize that I have to ride a trolley to get to our plane.  That freaked me out, I have never had to walk up stairs to my plane.  Apparently it is common, but it was Greek to me.  On the plane there was this small child that resembled a demon.  She screamed for the entire 3 hour flight and the mother just sat there as if it was cute or something?  It's actually quite annoying.  But what can you do?    When we got to the airport we waited for Megan to get her bag; they made her check it unfortunately.  After we waited for like 20 minutes she realized something must be wrong....poor Megan she seriously has the worst luck. (She is also the one who lost her passport).  The airport tells her that her bag should arrive that night, when in reality it arrived about 13 hours before we left for florence.  Megan had to live like a gypsy until her bag got there, I felt so bad for her!   The hotel Eiffel Kennedy was absolutely wonderful, it was clean, friendly, and very accommodating!  I don't know why they say the French are rude, everyone we met happened to be extremely nice. 

Hotel Eiffel Kennedy

Once we got settled in we started to roam around the town. The first thing we did was find a place to eat because of course we were starving.  We stumbled upon a place with great food with a traditional feel.  Perfect for our first meal!  

Croque Madame!

After we walked around and got a feel for everything we headed back to the hotel to get ready for Moulin Rouge.

Gryffindor and Slytherin

We had our cab driver pick us up at 9:50 because our show started at 11 and we wanted to be there early!  We were so excited to get there, we didn't realize how freaking cold it would be.  All of us were wearing nice dresses and were completely freezing.  When we finally got into the show and were seated Madison demanded we have better seats because we were there early.  Naturally the French men were scared of her and moved us immediately!  My expectations for this show was somewhere between a broadway show and a play.  It was nothing like I expected.  It reminded me more of Cirque du Solei show.  It was a topless show with lots of dancing and strange puppet shows.  Overall it was a great/ interesting show, i'm glad we went.  Once we finally got back to the hotel we passed out immediately, we had been up for almost 24 hours!

Moulin Rouge

The next morning we had a bike tour scheduled.  Of course it would be horrible weather with rain.  Not only was there rain, but we were all poorly dressed.  While we stuck out the freezing rain in cardigans and sandals, the locals had heavy jackets and boots.  Yes, we looked like idiots.  Everyone but Ashley, Ketchup, and I decided to bail on the bike tour.  I believe they went on a bus tour that got to see some of the same sites we saw.  Our bike tour was amazing.  It was a leisurely ride through Paris, that told us all the history we could ever want to know.  I highly recommend the Fat Tire Bike Tour to anyone, the staff was great, knowledgeable, and fun.  Not to mention it was started by an Aggie (Whoop!).  

Ketchup just using some mad biking skills...

That night we decided to try to find some real French food.  Thanks to Rick Steves we found a cozy little place tucked away in the middle of Paris.  I went out on a limb and tried to the Duck!  It was outstanding!  It tasted like chicken, but a million times better.  The restaurant was such a great experience, the couple that was next to us gave us their wine when they got up to leave.  I think they were fascinated by the Americans. haha.  That night we were able to see the Eiffel Tower light show.  It was majestic and worth the wait.

Yummy Duck!

Sunday morning we were going to climb the tower.  Then we suddenly realized it would be a 3 hour wait to get up the thing.  We decided to nix that idea and go shopping instead!  The shops in Paris were so large, I felt out of place for sure.  The coolest shop we went into would definitely be the Louis Vuitton.  It was massive, equipped with so many purses it could make your head explode.  After looking around we of course became hungry, again.  We thought oh hey lets catch a bus and get some food.  That was an awful idea.  We ended up somewhere in Paris with nothing familiar around us.  Did I mention we had 45 minutes to get back to our hotel for are van to the airport?  Yeah, that stressful.  I love Paris and all, but the thought of sleeping on the street is not appealing to me.  Luckily the bus came just in time and we caught our bus.  After a 3 hour wait at the airport it was Au Revoir Paris, Ciao Italy!

Ciao Ciao Paris!

“The road goes on forever and the party never ends”

I knew today was going to be a wonderful day from the start when we went to the market and the locals were actually nice to us.  They treated us like friends, we even got to try all the fruit they had for free!  The reason I was excited for the day was because that night we had a 4 course meal for pairing foods and wines.  It was at a really nice restaurant ( the waiters  even wore bow-ties).

The first dish that was brought out was Prosciutto and Mozzarella.  At first I was hesitant about eating it, considering it looked like raw bacon.  I some how mustered up the strength to try it, talk about delicious!  With each course we had a wine accompany the meal.  Next came the Pasta al forno con polpette ( Spaghetti and Meatballs).  I would say that was interesting haha.  The meat balls were very different…. But it was okay because we were all feeling the excellent wine!  The third course was Tagliata Di manzo con rucola e grana. In English that means barely cooked steak, which was surprisingly good.  Then I started thinking about it and realized I was eating a raw cow.  I immediately sat down my fork and waited for dessert! The dessert was Torta Mimosa, it was almost like a lemon tiramisu or sponge cake.  It was so delicious, and I didn’t want the meal to end.  But  then it did.

Fortunately for us we had heard about a Beatles cover band playing that night.  Of course I’m down for that, what the guys failed to mention was it was in a really creepy basement bar.  When we got there I actually considered the possibilities of me getting taken by going down in the basement.  It’s okay though, I made it!  It was actually a great bar with a ton of people, in fact you could barely move around. I just love tight spaces!  It was all worth it when the band came out.  They were amazing, not to mention looked pretty similar to the Beatles.  The only thing that was strange was an Italian man head banging to their music,  I guess the music just really moved him?

·      When we just couldn’t handle the crowd anymore we decided to try another bar called Astor.  It is your typical club with strobe lights and Italians!  Luckily there were a ton of our API friends in there,  this made it safe to dance around.  What I mean by that is you can get your grove on without some creepy, handsy, unfortunate looking Italian coming up behind you.  After being in there for awhile, we all decided to go get some air outside.  Immediately a man with a rose came up to us and tried to sell one to us.  Can I just say how obnoxious these people are.  Why would I ever want a rose for myself?  And why would I want one while inside a night club?  Anyway Joseph felt bad for the guy and actually bought a rose (Sucker).

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While we were standing around a girl named Allie G approached us.  She told us she was big promoter for Twice, and that she could hook us up if we wanted to go.  There was no convincing needed for this offer.  We all start walking with this girl listening to her life story.  Apparently she came here to study abroad and never left.  Her boyfriend is in Rome and has “swagga” whatever that means?  Upon Arriving in Twice we did get some special treatment which was awesome!  Once there Katie and I had to go to the bathroom. ( usually I would scoff at this idea, but I sucked it up)  In  the entry way of the bathroom I met this girl and we immediately became friends.  She told me how she was on a date with a guy and couldn’t decide  if he was gay or not?  She asked me and Katie to meet him, pretend to be her American friends so she would look cool.  Then tell her if he was straight( thumbs up for yes and thumbs down for no)…hahah.  I gave him a thumbs up! He was a nice guy, good luck girl!

After we left twice we were determined to find the secret bakery.  The secret bakery is one of the only places that is open late and apparently it’s illegal to bake after a certain hour.  This is why it remains a secret.  We set of in search of it, when we got close someone used their nose and literally came right up to the bakery. Wooohooo!! It was so good, home-made doughnuts for the taking.

All of us were fully satisfied and headed home.  On the way home Emily the kind-hearted saw a reallyyyyyy drunk girl and was determined to get the poor girl home.  This girl is the one we saw early dancing with Jersey Shore (Super Classy).  Her friends were of absolutely no help, just as we were about to call a cab for her we look back and she is asleep on the street.  Great.  Then at that very second her sister comes out of nowhere and rudely takes her away, without so much as a thank you. So glad we stopped for her.  Finally we really could go home now.  What a successful night,  I can’t wait to see what Paris has in store for us!

As a side note I just would like to say what happened in our class the next day.  An oven-mit caught on fire and our cake pan bottom fell out.  Coincidence? Possibly….