Wednesday, October 19, 2011

My Italian Birthday

I celebrated my 25th birthday in Italy this past weekend. Friday night, Anna made me a candlelit dinner for two at her apartment, complete with a bottle of moscato d'asti that we popped...our favorite!! She made veggie quesadillas.  It was the perfect dinner considering we used to make quesadillas ALL the time in Chicago and have not made them since being in Italy together.



We then went out in Trastevere to a bar called, "Bir & Fud"...pronounced, "Beer & Food." They had some very unique beers.  It was more of a restaurant than a bar, so we only stayed for one drink, but we'll definitely be going back again! Next, we went next door to another bar, not sure what the name of it was.  We had a drink there, got hit on by an 18 year-old Italian boy...fantastic night! We took the night-bus home at 2:30am.  While we were waiting for the bus, Anna and I were talking to each other and a young boy, around 19 or 20, who was waiting for the bus as well, asked us where we were from.  As it turns out, he's from Chicago! He's only been in Rome a week, but is here for 3 months, going to Greece for 2 months, then is going to Russia for 6 months. It's always fun to meet other foreigners and find out what has brought them to Rome.



Saturday, Giuseppe, Anna, Francesco and I all went to the mall.  Anna and I were determined to find new outfits for my party that night. After two hours of searching, we were unsuccessful.  That night, we went out to run an errand and walked past a store near my house that looked fairly sketchy.  Anna talked me into going in and we both found dresses for 15euros! It worked out perfect. We had plans to meet up with friends at, "Bar del Fico" in the city center that night. I had been to this place with Giuseppe in August; they make great cocktails! We stayed for a couple drinks, then wanted to go dancing at a club called, La Maison. We went, but it was too busy for us to get in, so we drove to the other side of town to go to the disco that Giuseppe used to work at called, Pure Night Club.  We by-passed the line and didn't have to pay a cover and got to dance until 5:30am!!! It was a great night spent in good company.

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