The date is Tuesday September 1st, 2015, and it is 6:38pm. As I prepare my evening meal I begin to reflect on my time in Rome. I ask myself, “How would you describe your experience in Rome thus far using only ONE word?” My answer to that question is I wouldn’t. To describe the events I have experienced in one word would not do justice in any sense. I have traveled to countries I didn’t know existed, I have met people who practically run the would, I have tasted food so divine it makes your whole body tingle, I have witnessed things that I’ve only seen in movies, and I’ve made a lifetimes worth of friends – now you can see why it was impossible for me to describe my experiences in Italy in a single word.<\/p>\n
The time now is 7:02pm, and my roommates have just gotten back from the local grocery store. They tell me about an encounter they had with a man who introduced himself as “Father Gino.” As they carry a weeks worth of groceries back to or apartment a man comes up to them and says, “from the moment you walked out that door, I knew you were Americans.” Father Gino, a middle aged looking man, is a pastor for the Vatican. He explained to us he job and if we wanted to, he would give us a private tour of the Vatican. (We have yet to take him up on that offer, but we plan on reconnecting with him later this week to make it happen) <\/em>As Father Gino and my roommate went there separate ways, he ended with, \u201cYou boys are so lucky to be here in the beautiful city of Rome, and I want you to keep in mind the people who helped you get here.\u201d<\/p>\n In conclusion, I want to thank my mother, my father, my friends, and everyone at Office of International Programs. Living here in Rome has been an amazing experience, and I can\u2019t wait to see what waits for me in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Go TARS!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The date is Tuesday September 1st, 2015, and it is 6:38pm. As I prepare my evening meal I begin to reflect on my time in Rome. I ask myself, “How would you describe your experience in Rome thus far using only ONE word?” My answer to that question is I wouldn’t. To describe the events…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":441,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-isarome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/441"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17327,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2683\/revisions\/17327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}