As every day starts, I had to wake up. Though, this day was a little harder to get away from dream land. I actually had a weird dream and my mom was just like \u201cDon\u2019t wake up. Don\u2019t wake up. DON\u2019T WAKE UP!\u201d because you know, I was in trouble in this dream with her, and she didn\u2019t want me to escape my punishment, but I kind of woke up with a smile as I slipped away from her. Sorry again mom. Even in my head I\u2019m always in trouble. So after having this inner battle within my head, I woke up and got ready for breakfast. Again it was good and very helpful for starting the day.<\/p>\n
Today we had to present our model UN in the class and that was interesting. I did a resolution for immigration. Now I am totally for immigration, but it seems like Italy isn\u2019t really. I was representing Italy, and as you can assume, that caused some internal issues\u2026 again. I think I did a pretty good job. I just said that visa cards should be more personal and security should be a little more secure. Also adding in (probably what most people hated about my resolution) was that we should pay immigrants as they get deported back to their homeland, so they would want to stay there and not come back. Now before all of you start tearing me to shreds, this is a hypothetical scenario that was used in the classroom only for a participation grade. Obviously there has to be a more \u201cin thought\u201d process, but when I was writing it, I couldn\u2019t really think of a way to satisfy immigrants and an entire country. Plus from watching like boarder patrol on Nat geo, I get kind of sympathetic when the enforcements capture people and send them back. It\u2019s like they came here for a reason and America is literally built on immigrants. So with the whole paying thing, it would give people an incentive to stay where they are. With the downside to this people would obviously use and abuse the system to get money all the time as they crossed the border and then probably try to intentionally get caught, so I guess it has to be more like a onetime deal for each person.<\/p>\n
So that\u2019s what we did in international relations. Just experiencing how and what the united nation has to go through for solving world problems. And honestly, most of the problems aren\u2019t even resolved yet, so it was kind of eye opening to physically experience that. I mean you hear about it and you\u2019re just like \u201coh well\u201d, but when you just cannot agree on something, its jaw dropping to know how this is actually going on in real life.<\/p>\n
Also today during class, the hugest thunder storm came rolling in. and let me tell you; I was in heaven. I love it when storms come through because the sounds are just amazing, like I could live in a storm and be happy all the time. I\u2019m not about the sunshine life, and that\u2019s one of the reasons why I hate Florida. I\u2019m more for the gloomy, cloudy weather that makes you want to stay inside. Oh man. That\u2019s my jazz. So we got to listen to nature\u2019s most beautiful symphony as the lightening flared and the thunder protested\u2026. In a way it kind of symbolized our UN today\u2026. And it also rained hard. So that was awesome.<\/p>\n
After class we went to lunch and then free time. This is where I have decided to write most of it so I can go to bed at a decent time. Surprisingly I\u2019ve been waking up around 5ish in the morning and I just like to lie there looking out the window as Rome slowly wakes up. Another fact, when I wake up, it\u2019s completely silent. Like almost post-apocalyptic silent as it seems all humanity has been wiped off the face of the earth. But after like 20 minutes, I hear the low rumble of trucks and people rolling down the street until around 7 when everybody is up and running. Then it\u2019s like mass chaos on the streets.<\/p>\n
After free time we traveled to the Jewish ghetto and went to a museum where enormous amounts of historical artifacts are stored and displayed for Jewish culture. We got to go in a synagogue, and let me tell you. They are beautiful. The guys had to wear a Yamaka in respect to the Jewish tradition but the ladies didn\u2019t. Sadly we couldn\u2019t take any pictures of this place but just trust me when I say it was beautiful.<\/p>\n
After the tour of the museum and synagogues, we went around and learned all about buildings and everyday life when it seemed unbearable. We traveled over a bridge that literally separated cultures as one side was wealthy and considerably clean and the other side was washed down and spoke a completely different dialect. With the buildings I learned that the higher you go up the poorer you were. As compared to now-a-days, where the higher you go up, you eventually reach the richest person in the building as they lounge in their pent house pool.<\/p>\n
After walking around it was getting around dinner time, and there were reservations for this quaint little pizza place that supposedly sold the best pizza\u2026. It was the only thing they sold by the way. I got this heavenly pizza that had like sprinkled pepper and gooey cheese of many sorts on it. It was pretty good. Then our tour guide got us this calzone that was filled with Nutella and coated with coco and sugar powder. It was good, but insanely messy.<\/p>\n
After stuffing our faces, we went down to the river we crossed before, and there was a festival going on. I believe it was called the River Festival; how unique. It was really cool because in America festivals are gross and dirty but here it was very orderly and modern. There were tents all aligned along the river side where you could eat and watch the America vs Germany game, or you could buy clothes and what not. It was cute, but none of us bought anything. But I did get some cool pictures. So I\u2019m happy.<\/p>\n
After just walking we ended up back at our hotel and now it’s bed time, so my day is officially over.<\/p>\n
Till next time, Daniella<\/p>\n
Ps: I\u2019m writing these over the course of the day, so it may seem, like I\u2019m in the afternoon at one moment and then midnight the next. So that\u2019s all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As every day starts, I had to wake up. Though, this day was a little harder to get away from dream land. I actually had a weird dream and my mom was just like \u201cDon\u2019t wake up. Don\u2019t wake up. DON\u2019T WAKE UP!\u201d because you know, I was in trouble in this dream with her, … Continue reading Exploring Italy: taking in the history and eating heavenly pizza! by Daniella Sanchez<\/span>