Foux Du Fafa

Saturday marked another beautiful day in Roma. Becca and I woke up in time to go to one of the biggest open air food and fruit markets in Rome, Campo di Fiori. We walked around after asking a shopkeeper for directions. Some of the fruit looked good, but it was pretty expensive. We talked about visiting other markets, so I took Becca to the cheap market that I bought my groceries at yesterday. On the way in Becca was getting a bit nervous, as it's not located in a 'nice' area of town. It's where all the immigrants live, (Italy is much less foreign friendly than America)and it's right next to the train station. There are a lot of foreign men wandering the streets. Becca is a very small girl who grew up in small town Delaware. I was afraid that she wouldn't be able to handle the market, as it is full of foreigners. I was wrong once she got inside and saw the amazing selection of fresh fruits, vegetables, spices, bread, meat, and even peanut butter she changed her tune. She ended up buying a bunch of fresh (heavenly smelling) strawberries, and apples as well. We made our way home stopping at a few grocery stores to finish our shopping. I bought frozen peas and mushrooms to complete my rice ingredients. I also bought olive oil, a morning plum cake type pastry that was on sale 10 for a euro, a thirty seven cent chocolate bar, a box of the super cheap cornflakes :D and some strawberry champagne. Becca and I will be using it to mourn the loss of her computer, she discovered it was broken beyond repair last night, after waiting weeks for the recovery disks to arrive in the mail. The disappointment was pretty harsh. We came home and unloaded our groceries, I have more groceries than i ever have before, and it is really exciting. I couldn't wait to have some of my rice tonight. After a quick lunch, I improvised a pizza with a piece of bread, tomato sauce,and sliced cheese that I heated on the stove top, we took the tram in a direction we had never taken it before, just to be adventurous and take advantage of the beautiful weather. Once back home we took an afternoon catnap. I napped for a half an hour, and Becca opted for a longer hour and a half. Not long after she woke up we cooked our dinners. I made myself cheesy rice with carrots, peas, and mushrooms. I was so ridiculously proud of myself for cooking an actual meal with nutritious value that I took a picture. It was tasty :) Becca and I had talked about taking a weekend to enjoy the beauty of the south of France. We took tonight to price our options and ended up looking at several options for beach type destinations on the cheap. We ended up with three fully planned and priced out options; Nice, France; Palermo, Sicily; and Lamezia Terme, Sicily. These three pictures are from each place. We eliminated Lamezia due to the fact that nothing was around but the gorgeous beach, and we might need a bit more of an inhabited area. We have decided to sleep on the other two options. Nice might be Becca's only opportunity to leave Italy, but Palermo could possibly be warmer due to its more southern location. I'm up for either, I'm excited to have a traveling buddy :) When we finished planning and pricing, I checked my email and found that my Aunt Connie and Uncle Dave had sent me an email :) I love hearing from people from home, and the email made me laugh. Connie wanted to know when Casey snuck into her house to take a picture of her underwear, referring to the valentines day card I got :D It's been a wonderful and full day, and it's really nice to have the apartment to ourselves, it's clean and quiet, pretty sweet. Tomorrow we are taking advantage of the once a month free admission to the Vatican museum. After we're heading to the Sunday market behind our apartment once again, and then homework :) Should be a great day.