By leaving Chicago for the semester, I thought that I would be escaping the snowy weather, but I was wrong.\u00a0 In the last two weekends, Rome has received its first major snowfall in 26 years!\u00a0 It was interesting to watch the reaction of the locals.\u00a0 They were all very excited, and I was even asked to take a picture of a group of girls in the snow.\u00a0\u00a0It was a very big deal here.\u00a0 During these times we were also advised not to leave campus because the buses were shutting down and we would have had\u00a0no way to return to campus.\u00a0 There were also some cases of heavy tree branches falling due to the weight of the snow.\u00a0 Some of my classes were cancelled as well because the professors were unable to make it to campus.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, this weekend’s weather has been near 60 degrees and beautiful.\u00a0 Downtown there were various festivities going on for Carnivale.\u00a0 Little kids were getting their faces painted, theater productions were performing in the streets, and an old-fashioned band was playing music while being driven around in a horse carriage.\u00a0 It was all very cool to see!<\/p>\n
Even though I have been here over a month, another cool thing I was able to see this weekend that I had not had the chance to yet was the Trevi Fountain.\u00a0 It was so huge and so so beautiful!\u00a0 The water was also very blue.\u00a0 Of course, I could not resist throwing a coin over my shoulder into the fountain and wishing for love- as tradition calls for.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This upcoming weekend a few other girls and I are going to Barcelona!\u00a0 Then, the following weekend is already spring break.\u00a0 It is so crazy how fast time is going while studying abroad here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By leaving Chicago for the semester, I thought that I would be escaping the snowy weather, but I was wrong.\u00a0 In the last two weekends, Rome has received its first major snowfall in 26 years!\u00a0 It was interesting to watch the reaction of the locals.\u00a0 They were all very excited, and I was even asked … <\/p>\n