{"id":3477,"date":"2015-11-18T11:27:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T16:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=3477"},"modified":"2019-07-22T17:23:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T17:23:29","slug":"when-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2015\/11\/18\/when-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"When in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the past few weeks I\u2019ve been in a funk, feeling homesick and bored with my weekday routine. I needed a weekend getaway, so I went to Rome, as one does. Two of my friends, Alexia and Taylor, are studying abroad in the American University of Rome, so my roommate Ana and I packed our bags and jetted off for the weekend. Rome was a Rollins reunion. Aside from me and Ana, three other Rollins girls joined us, making a total of 7 girls. We explored the city and ate\u2026a lot. They don\u2019t exaggerate when they say that there is only Italian food in Italy, not that I\u2019m complaining.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16995\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16995\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12235020_10208007041043730_7995529781275062786_n-300x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16995 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12235020_10208007041043730_7995529781275062786_n-300x200-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rollins girls in Rome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even though we were there for only three days I feel like I got to know the city quite well, of course, I had the best tour guides with me. Alexia and Taylor took us to the famous \u201cWedding Cake\u201d monument in Piazza Venezia, to the Pantheon where we had the best pizza, to the Coliseum and Trevi Fountain where we took obligatory tourist pics, Piazza Navona and Trastevere where we walked, shopped and gorged on gelato, and finally the Vatican where we got to visit St. Peter\u2019s Basilica and hear Pope Francis speak, which was quite a surreal experience.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16996\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16996\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_5705-225x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16996 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_5705-225x300-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trevi Fountain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I didn\u2019t realize how much I missed my Rollins girls until I was reunited with them. This weekend in Rome was just what I needed. It broke me away from my routine and gave me a chance to spend time with people I love. I came back with a new and more positive outlook about my life here in London. I feel ready to tackle the last month of my semester abroad, but I also realized how lucky I am to have a place like Rollins to call home.<br \/>\nI can already feel the bittersweet mixed emotions that come with the end of an era. Being abroad has been an important chapter in my life, and I feel sad that this once-in-a-lifetime experience is drawing to a close, but I\u2019m also excited to go home and see family, and return to my second family at Rollins in January. I really am a lucky girl.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16997\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16997\" style=\"width: 238px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_5743-238x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16997 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_5743-238x300-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of Rome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past few weeks I\u2019ve been in a funk, feeling homesick and bored with my weekday routine. I needed a weekend getaway, so I went to Rome, as one does. 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