Given, it was only 4 inches of snow, but you would have thought the world was ending the way the Romans reacted to it. Given, since it NEVER snows here, the city owns approxiamately one snow plow and no salt.
Our program had originally scheduled a 3 day trip to Tuscany for the weekend but because the bus couldn't leave the parking lot [still not sure how true this statment is...] we never left Rome. But, Nora and I made the best out of it! We couldn't leave our neighborhood because the buses weren't running but we thoroughly enjoyed our time exploring, cooking our own fresh-made pasta for the first time, getting a lot of homework done, watching movies and eating LOTS and LOTS of nutella [ok, I might have eaten a little more than Nora, like half of the jar more...]
My New Friend!
Notice the doubled-up wool socks. It was FREEZING!
Finally on Monday, public transportation was up and running and we were able to do some stretching. So we decided to meet up with our friend Lauren and climb to the top of St. Peter's dome! I still need to upload pictures from the trip but here is one Lauren look...
Rome covered in snow! It was a little windy...
Needless to say, the view was BREATH-TAKING! I feel so blessed to be here while it snowed. Although it might have been a little inconvenient witht he Tuscany trip, I am so happy I was able to see Rome in a way that most never get to!
This weekend we are going to try to make up our trip to Tuscany. But here's the catcher- it's suppose to snow AGAIN! ahhh! We'll see if we make it out of the parking lot this time...
The other day after Adoration at the North American College my good friend Deacon Mario took Lauren, Reagan and me up to the roof! Here's what we saw:
Just the Vatican lit up at night!
I've heard that the weather at home is acting just as strange- snowing one day and 60 the next. I wouldn't expect anything less of D.C./Maryland weather! Hope everyone is hanging in there!
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