It is now Wednesday, this morning we had our third class of the trip. As we did yesterday, each of us acted as a country and spoke upon their behalf when it comes to drugs/drug trafficking and how that affects international relations. Also, we discussed how certain drug trafficking affects foreign policy.

In addition, we learned about embassies and Diplomats, what they do, what they are, how they function, and more. We actually got to into the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See and sit down and speak with a Diplomat. A lot of interesting things were learned from the Q & A about the State Department and foreign affairs, what they do and how they handle certain situations. Antoinette, the Diplomat we met, had a previous assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Hearing the differences between how it was there and how it is here in Italy is interesting to say the least. We learned about the five cones of the State Department and what each branch is responsible for. Though, they were crazy about security and taking any pictures whatsoever, it was a rather normal, comfortable compound where we were able to relax and speak with her on an informal level. As it may already be known, gelato is the best creation ever, so of course one of our last questions was: “Where is your favorite gelato place?” As expected, she loves gelato like any other human being and couldn’t even think of a ‘best’ one! In fact, she was just speaking about how yesterday they went for gelato – the life of a Diplomat in Italy must be great, especially after coming from Afghanistan!

Other than visiting the Embassy, Josh, our tour guide with a great accent, took us to the Knights of Malta, which was pretty cool and through that area for some site seeing. He is a great tour guide, the accent makes me pay even more attention 🙂 Then, we ate some gelato – I had PANNA, A.K.A. the best gelato everrrrr! Rome is great!