Amici Fiorenti in Roma

If you saw from the last post, two of my friends studying in Florence, Nick and Danny came to visit with their study abroad group. I joined them for their group dinner which was a good representation of Roman food. I joined them for a walk around the city afterwards in which we ended up at the Trevi Fountain, one of my favorite spots in the city (especially at night). A couple of their friends wanted to go out, and I was glad to hear that they wanted to avoid the typical American college hangouts. So we decided to just sip on some bottles of wine out in Campo di Fiori. Crazy how small the city is as I ran into the same Arkansas guys who joined me in arguing our point that the SEC is so much better than the Big 10 with this idiot from the University of Illinois while watching the National Championship Game (I know I said it before, but you don't have any grounds to talk smack when you're talking to students from the two schools who played each other in the Championship of the toughest conference in college football and you go to a school that sucks big time at football and hires our reject coach).

Anyhow, Francesco and Andrea eventually met up with us. After dropping off the Ragazzi Fiorentini at their hotel Francesco, Andrea, and I went to this awesome disco which was built in an abandoned school building. In Italian fashion, we avoided the crazy long line by conveniently skipping to the front of the line (When in Rome...). Francesco and Andrea decided to use my Americanness. They did their best to speak in American accented English and whenever the bouncer said something they'd just say "What the heck is he saying?". It worked. Another crazy coincidence, Andrea ran into one of his friends who he met like 3 months ago, and what do you know when he introduced me, she ends up being a Florida alum. All in all, fun night.