Friday, April 15--Pain No Shame

Today's themes are hangovers and wine...which we suppose are kind of
contradictory themes, but they went together pretty well. We hadn't made it
home until the early hours of the morning, so we had what Patti Foster would
call "a bed day." With our technology and B&B provided snacks we did absolutely
nothing until the late afternoon (not that we could have if we had wanted to). This was obviously the hangover part of our
day, not the wine part. We headed out into Rome to see some sights...which
turned into playing with make up in Sephora and talking about how much we were
going to indulge our vanity when we got home...especially after nights like last
night when we go out to clubs with not a scrap of makeup, scraggly hair, and
dirty tourist outfits. We walked down Quattro Fontane and saw the 4 famous fountains
tucked into the buildings on the four corners. We walked around some beautiful
Roman building looking at the stone fountains and imagining how scary This
statue-filled city would be if everything stone came alive at night. Then we
headed to the Spanish steps to meet the boys we had met on our pub crawl last
night. We really didn't expect them to be there as we barely knew them, made
these plans totally inebriated last night, and would be invading on their
couples trip to Rome. The Spanish steps are known for their people watching so
we scanned the crowd until our gaze fell upon...Jack! He was jumping up and down
and so were we as we ran to meet him and Ashley. This was a fast forming
friendship and the two of them are our new favorites, hilarious, a totally
adorable couple and insanely fun!
Jack immeditaley declared it was time to start hitting the bottle...the red wine
bottle that is. Our first instinct was "heck no!" as we were both still a little
on the queasy side and Jen's head was pounding more and more. Our second thought
was "heck yes we're in Italy, bring on the vino!" We were all in agreement that
this was a hair of the dog kind of evening. We strolled to the Trevi fountain,
where we stopped to toss a penny in and make a quick wish, before finding a
little wine bar with outdoor seating and some seriously strong heaters. Wine and
apperitivo time had our headaches fading and the four of us cracking up and all
enjoying the company of new friends in a new city. We decided to keep the good
times rolling so we had some pasta...and wine...at another spot up the road. Not
the best food we've ever had but definitely some of the best company. We were
probably disturbing the other diners with our level of laughter as we chatted
and planned the script for Ashleys new feature film, based on his highschool
years, Zach Efron will be staring in this award winning film and we will be
first on the list to the London premier thanks to our inspiration and
support....right Ashley?! After dinner we decided it was probably time for some
more wine so we went to a little shop and bought 2 bottles for good measure, but
the wine loving girl working decided to throw in one for good luck so we left
with 3. We walked back with Ashley and Jack to their hotel room where we all
sipped about one plastic cup of vino before tiredness came over us and we were
ready for bed. Hangover + wine must = sleep. We weren't done enjoying Rome with
our new friends so we decided to meet in the morning and go to Vatican City
together.

The 2 of us walked home to brush our purple teeth before falling asleep in our
awesome, quiet, peaceful B&B (Wow Roma is the name if you are looking for an
apartment to enjoy in Rome!) Goodnight peeps! See you tomorrow for adventures in
the Vatican.