So in my last post, when I said "watch" in reference to my jeans, I meant "wash." Hehe oops! Good thing this blog isn't graded.
Yesterday I went to Rome and saw the Pyramid (random, I know), the Forum, the Colleseum, the Vatican/Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, etc. All met my expectations! I'm still confused about the pyramid though - its like Ancient Rome KNEW that Semester at Sea was going to cancel the part of our trip to Egypt. Another thing that suprised me was how crowded all of those things are! Our tourguide even said that it was more crowded that ususal because of all of the huge cruise ships that docked in Civitaveccia the same day. (But also, I think she was just trying to make excuses for why she lost like 1/2 the group!!)
After all of that, I went to the Pantheon.... BY MYSELF.... WITH ONLY A MAP. to meet up with Vanessa and Abby. The master plan was to find a hostel and stay overnight in Rome. But it ended up being really confusing and a few of the people we were gonna meet up with decided to go tonight instead AND our friends that were on a trip all week are able to go with us now that we watied until tonight so we decided to just explore a little and then catch a train back to the boat. We wandered around for a little and then took a metro to the train station. (As it turns out, there are a few hostels near the train station but they're sorta in a sketchy area and more expensive than we thought, especially considering the boat is "free")
Today we went back into Civitaveccia for a little to do our last minute souvenir shopping and find an internet cafe.
THAT is when things turned sour. So we go to the internet cafe and you have to order something to get the password. So I order the cheapest drink on the menu and its 5.50 euro. Wah. Then I turn on my computer. Literally just press the power button. And then up pops a message that includes the phrases "hard drive" "crash" and "imminent failure".....ok. So I try everything. It wont let me do a system restore or anything and we try taking out the battery and starting it up again and nothing happens other than a blank black screen pops up within 2 minutes everytime. So I'm sitting in Italy, crying in an internet cafe with a worthless internet card and a dumb 5.50 euro strawberry daquiri. Please believe me when I say this is the cheapest drink.
So now, not only do I have to worry about having enough money AFTER this trip to pay my sorority dues, the SIFE trip to El Salvador, for a mattress, for paint for my room, and for other rando expenses that will surely come up...now I have to buy a new computer. :( Which is definitly going to be a Mac. I know, I know...they're expensive right? But so is a Dell when you've had it for 2 freakin years, you've put in more than $700 to it, and still the hard drive crashes.
So then we go out in search for either shot glasses/mugs/cups anything of the sort that says Italy on it to add to my collection. Apparently people in Civitaveccia are all dehydrated because there were none to be found.
And then Vanessa randomly got tested for narcotics when we got back on the boat. HAHAH which was more funny than bad. And the one captain stared at my phone for 3 minutes like it was dangerous while searching through my bag.
I'm trying my best to stay positive that my last night in Rome will be filled with a cheap souvenir and a wonderful time on the Spanish Steps with all of my friends that I haven't seen all week.
Wish me luck!!!
