Experiencing the food and culture while Studying Abroad in Italy! by Austin Hart

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Today, we had our class at the nearby Pontifica University. Then we took a tour of the Roman Forum, “Old Rome”, and the Coliseum.

For lunch that day I had something that is rare in Italy as they view it as something like a crime against food, ham and pineapple pizza. Italians don’t have an issue with ham on pizza, just pineapples. For dinner I had a seafood salad consisting mostly of squid, shrimp, and something else that I couldn’t really identify other than to say it was fish.

I’ve had Gelato at a few places in the US (I think at least one was owned by an Italian) and it doesn’t even compare to the stuff they make here. The flavors I tried were Nutella, crème, and the store’s signature flavor “gelatone”. I have no idea what was in the last one, but it was amazing.

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