my school and neighborhood

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helloooo
here are some pictures of my school and a bit of what's going on in the immediate area. i have more of my school, but i saved them on the computer in my apartment and now i'm at school in the computer lab, so it'll just have to wait. but can i just gripe about one thing for a second -- in the computer lab the computers are american. in english and english keyboards. my computer at home is in italian and has an italian keyboard. switching back and forth is ruining my ability to punctuate. the - and the ? are switched on the keyboard in my apartment. and the ' is weird too. argh.

ok, so last week was my first italian cooking lesson! i didn't actually cook because there were too many people there and if i helped it would have been a literal example of too many cooks in the kitchen, and i just don't approve of that at all. i spent the preparation time trying to watch an italian movie. i couldn't understand what they were saying, but with the subtitles on in italian i could read the movie ok. it was a silly movie.. manuale d'amore. love manual. but back to the food, i have the recipe and could probably reproduce it, it was pasta all'.. all'something.. it was good! bucatini with tomato sauce and bacon?

ok ok ok, i found the recipe. BUCATINI ALL'AMATRICIANA. recipe for 4 people:
500g Bucatini pasta
2 Tbs. Extra Virgin olive oil
2 pkg. cubed pancetta
2 cans whole tomatoes
salt to taste
crushed red peppers to taste
pecorino cheese

Directions: In a pan, drizzle olive oil. Add the packages of pancetta and cook until crispy on a low flame. Toss in some crushed red peppers (peperoncino). Add the two cans of tomatoes to the pancetta. If needed add salt. Let sauce cook for 20 minutes. In the meantime, boil water for your pasta. Cook pasta according to the package directions. After the pasta is cooked and slightly al dente, drain. Add the pasta to the sauce and toss well with a handful of pecorino cheese. Serve hot!

yay! marvel at my cultured-ness!!

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Photos

Villa Pamphili
the biiig park near my house

kid
this kid had a stick and was just whacking trees with it.
whacking.

Teatro a Villa Pamphili
i think this theater was in between shows.. alas my italian is not wonderful so i really could be wrong.

Arches!
this is how i walk to school! the gate to my school is right beyond these arches. this is the janiculum wall which was built by Pope Urban XIII.

my schoolio!
it's the yellow and red building

this is also part of my school
one of my classes is in this building which is around the corner from the main entrance.

wandering around
the area north of the school is REALLY nice. we're talking high class.

porta di san pancranzo
oh crap i have no idea how to spell that name in italian. lalala.. if it's wrong, ignore it.

from the outside
soo this is one of the gates of the janiculum wall, it was destroyed in the 19th century and rebuilt like this. the walls used to connect also, but gotta make room for those roads.

a street near me
at sunset. just wonderful.

domenica
you can really tell when it's sunday. this is my usually busy street on sunday afternoon, right across from my apartment.

Comments

[Madeline]

transfering to AUR
hello, i am thinking of finishing my degree at AUR. do you like this school? do you like living in rome? do you have any advice for me? i am currently in Toronto (from Chicago) and in need to meet people with passion to live and enjoy life. have you met many italians? are they easy to make friends? tell me anything, thank you for your time and battling the crazy keyboard, [e-mail]