La Regina e Spaghetti
The weekend turned out to be rainy, which cancelled our beach and Vatican plans for Saturday and Sunday. Instead, I ended up sleeping in and taking it easy Saturday at my apartment, which was much needed after having so many activities the past two weeks. Sunday, I wanted to get out of the house, so I got in touch with some friends, and we arranged an outing to the movies and dinner. About eight of us got together and met at a cinema, not too far from our school in Centro Antico, which plays English films. Four of us walked there from the Spanish steps with just two umbrellas, and when it started to pour, we kind of got soaked! Especially, poor Katherine! We stopped for a few minutes in a store until the rain subsided and Katherine almost bought a new shirt because her’s had gotten so wet. Once the rain let up a bit, we walked the last block to the theatre, and were glad to be out of the rain!
Sarah had looked up movies and times, and we decided to see “The Queen” (or “La Regina” in Italian), which is a British film about Lady Diana and the Royal Family’s reaction to the death of Princess Diana. It was an interesting and educational movie, we thought. It even included some real news footage of Princess Diana and all the people in England who mourned her death. It was the original version, so it was in English (not dubbed in Italian), and had Italian subtitles. The theatre was small, with just two screens/rooms, and a ticket box office. There were no concessions like we’re so used to in America. So, we were rather hungry and thirsty after the movie was over, and decided to go to the Spaghetteria, where some of us had eaten before. We had a great dinner there; I got spaghetti with a walnut, cream, parmesan sauce, which was delicious! We like this restaurant also because it’s reasonably priced. Our food and drinks came to 10 Euro a person (which included service fees as well; you don’t tip as much in Europe as you do in America). After dinner, we of course had to stop for our daily dose of gelato! Then we parted ways to catch our various buses and trams to take us to our Italian homestays.
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