Bella Scipione

Oct 01 2022

Ciao da Roma! Today’s blog will be short and sweet. G and I have officially arrived to our homeland, Italia. Italy is everything I expected and more and most definetly feels like home. The air is fresh, the streets are clean, and the people are beautiful.

Yesterday was a bit of a chaotic journey from the airport to our hostel. Our entire plane’s luggage went missing and we were stuck in the airport praying for our backpacks to show up. Over an hour later, the bags rolled down the carousel and we made our way to the train station. My explorer skills were apparently not at their best as G and I ended up on the wrong train headed toward Bologna. Luckily, I realized before we ended up too far out and caught a taxi to our hostel. We are staying at Alessandro Palace and Bar and it is, so far, a lovely time.

We got settled in our room and went for some traditional Italian cuisine. Florian’s Café made all of our dreams come true. G and I shared some incredible salmon bruschetta with avocado cream. I had the Cannelloni, baked macaroni stuffed with minced meat and cheese. G had Gnocchi di patate rosse al pomodoro. Both of our dishes were exquisite (as our Grandpa would say) and set a great precedent for our upcoming eats. In my most unbiased opinion, Italians definitely do it best.

G and I spent the rest of our day preparing for our first night in Rome. We knew it was going to be one for the books, and indeed we were right. The hostel’s rooftop bar started the night out with cheap drinks and more new mates. I always get a little socially anxious before we mingle in a new place, but the vibes were great as soon as we stepped foot outside. We headed down to the hostel’s second bar for some karaoke and beer pong before making the treck to our first Italian club, the Alibi. Europeans love the song, Mr. Brightside by The Killers and it is so funny watching people from all over the world sing classic American tracks. I am happy to share that I am still reigning beer pong champion and owe it all to my Omaha days at the Lot and Jones street. The rest of the night is a bit of a blur, but that’s how you know it was a good one. Today we will be doing lots of site seeing, so stay tuned for some ancient Roman history lessons.