Seven hours

Approximately until I finally get to see Stu. I woke up this morning to call him on what I thought would be a late night drive. As it turns out his very smart father suggested he avoid paying outrageous parking fees at the airport by driving down early and getting a hotel room. So i essentially interrupted Stu's sleep rather than attempting to keep him awake on a midnight drive, whoops. I went back to be after the call and at this point I was extremely confused as to what time it was in Italy, I had heard no mention of daylight savings time, but apparently it was in America. I decided to look it up when i woke up later. As it turns out we don't have daylight savings time for another two weeks. I didn't discover this until after I needlessly scared my roommate and her friend into thinking she was going to miss her return flight home. ...Whoops. I had a field trip for my Tribes of Rome class today at noon. We met in the Jewish Ghetto and went on an excellent tour. We then switched tour guides once inside the museum. (Note: getting inside was ridiculous, they had a terrorist attack in the eighties, and security is the equivalent to that of trying to enter the queen's underwear drawer) The inside tour was just as good as the surrounding area, although I was sad to learn that woman have to stand in separate areas during services, behind little gates, or in the balconies. It made me glad that I'm allowed to worship alongside those I love, not just the other women. I went in search of Stu's hostel afterward, and timed my walk. It took my forty minutes to walk from the end of the tram line to the hostel. I went inside and told them he would be a day late, and that he would check in between eight thirty and nine thirty tomorrow morning. Surprisingly I don't think they plan on charging him for the lost night, awesome. I noticed bus stops on my way to the hostel, and decided to see if any of them took him close to my apartment. Two of them stop right in front of it as it turns out, so I decided to see if the bus ride would be any faster. Today it shaved off about twenty minutes, although the walk does go past the Colosseum and the forum, so I imagine some walking will be in order. It was absolutely gorgeous in Rome today as a side note, warm enough that I took off my coat while walking around. It would be beautiful when i absolutely needed to stay inside and study. And study I did for four hours without a break, and then I began to finish tying up loose ends for my spring break. I found directions around Scotland, and booked a day trip bus tour of the highlands, I'm very excited. The pictures looked absolutely breathtaking. I then looked at things to do in Milan, including The Last Supper by Da Vinci. I don't fly into Milan until three forty, so I won't be in the city for as long as I was expecting, but long enough to see a few things before taking the train home. After hours of studying I'm feeling fairly confident in my identification abilities for Opera class, I hope that I proportioned my studying habits well enough that the other parts of the test won't suffer. I have a few more things on my to do list that I was hoping to get done, but they will just have to wait. It's nearly midnight and I have to be up early to be at the airport!!