"Lots of Cheap Crap"

That's right, lots of cheap crap. This morning, Sunday January 31st, we went to the sunday market. It is said to be the biggest in Rome. There were millions people there, rummaging through piles of clothes, shoes, purses. Anything you could possibly want you can find there. Halloween costumes, nail clippers, makeup, even a laundry bag that looks like a lady bug. It is nuts! I ended up getting a pair of sneakers and a scarf for myself and a couple of presents for other people. It is a nice little walk to get out of the apartment in the morning. Katie and I were going to make it a tradition of getting a cappuccino and cornetto before we went but we were up to early for the coffee shop to be open. The morning started off as a disappointment but ended as a success for everyone. When we got back, everyone was tired and we took naps and had a low key afternoon of drawing and movie watching.
The weekend wasn’t that exciting. It rain all day Saturday, so we stayed in and drew a bunch of drawings that were due for class on Monday. That night we went to a Chinese/ Thai restaurant that looked really good and cheap! We are all pretty sick of pasta and pizza so we thought we would give it a try. After trying to figure out the Chinese menus in English that are in Italian, we all ordered fried rice and some kind of chicken dish. Laura and I both got crispy chicken and some seasoning (coconut or mango). Crunchy chicken basically means fried. When it showed up, the bone was in it still (fried alongside everything). Both our chicken was really sketchy and Laura’s was even pink in parts. Low and behold, she ended up getting sick Sunday night and we both came to the conclusion it was from this weird restaurant. We probably won’t be going back there even though the fried rice was very good, but that’s probably because we all hadn’t had it in a very long time.
The beginning of this week (Feb 1- 5th) wont be too interesting, but on Thursday we are going to Perugia, Umbria for a field trip until Friday. Then on Saturday 8 of us are going to Valencia, Spain! We are all very excited to see what Spain has to offer us. We will be there until Monday night.
This week in class we went to the Cyrpta Balbi Museum. It was kinda neat how everything here was found or preserved so well. It is interesting to me to think how different it would be if some of these “clues” were not found.
The following pictures are a conglomeration of pictures I have taken lately.
Ciao! Buononoche!

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