Roman Activities

[As observed by Danielle]

1. Soccer. I had a soccer team at home in the USA. Our team had orange and black striped soccer shirts. Our team was "The Mighty Tigers."

2. Smoking. Smoking is bad for you. Don't do it. If you do it when you are young you will look like you are young for the rest of your life because it stops your growth. You will die quick if you do it, like my mom's dad did.

3. Go to restaurants.

4. Falling down. People fall down because there are cobblestones on the sidewalks and roads.

5. Go to stores.

6. Buy hats. I got a hat today at a flea market [Rome's famed Porta Portese Sunday flea market -K]. It has six horses on it, two stitched in blue and two regular on the front and two other regular horses on the back.

[Danielle in her new flea market hat, shoes & belt]

7. Saying "ciao." Everyone in Italy says "ciao" every day.

8. Drinking water from Roman water fountains. [Danielle asked me to add this one for her. One of her favorite things to do is taste the water from the different public water fountains of Rome. Rome has an ancient fountain system which is still used by Romans today and yields wonderful cold, delicious water. One such fountain is right in front of our apartment. The design of the fountains themselves are brilliant--all you have to do is plug up the bottom of the sprout with your thumb to transform the flow of water into a drinking fountain. Here are several shots of Danielle sampling water from various fountains in Trastevere and elsewhere in Rome. -K]