As we started our five day trip to Northern Italy as a class today, a lot of things were happening this morning, even before we got out of Rome. Rome Arrived in the Piramide Metro around 8:10 am, we were joining our classmates across the pyramid, waiting on our tour bus that would pick us up at 8:30. Romans were doing their daily routines; streets started to get busy with cars and mopeds zooming around, people in work dress were walking all around us, and vendors were setting up tables and tents for their items. Apparently twenty plus foreigners waiting in a piazza in the middle of these activities were an eye-sore for locals, as many started to give us a puzzled look. It started to get uneasy, but nothing we could do but waiting for
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