San Pietro.

Went to the city centre yesterday afternoon, and it made me realise how weird it is to visit places that should seem amzing to you but are just everyday places to those who live there. Saint Peters Square is truely amazing.. but its hard to take in and even harder when you're not with anybody else who will find it as amazing as you do.

All i thought about when i was there was how much effort would have gone in to building all the monuments in Rome... along with thinking about how much Nana would love to see the church.. so i took lots of photos especially for her. Can't say they're very good and they can't possibly give you any idea of just how huge the place is but some of them get close to showing how beautiful it is.

Oh yeah and i remembered a few months ago in an Italian lesson my teacher was telling us how great the roasted chestnuts (la castagna) were and how i might be lucky enough to try some. Well they were my first impression of the city centre.. as soon as i got out of the car i could smell something amazing, it was like a mixture of maple syrup and well.. roasted nuts. Can't say they tasted amazing, but apparently these ones weren't cooked enough, but the smell was enough for me to love them.

As for the other food i've had pasta 9 times in the last 4 or 5 days, all with tomato sauce except once. All Caterina's friends mothers are inviting me over for lunch and dinner and are all shocked when i say im full after the first serving.

Don't think i'll want to travel like this again any time soon.. some parts are good but it's so hard because you don't get to choose what you do and going to school over seas for more than 2 days is a waste of time unless you speak the language well. Sounds silly but i've found i've been getting worse headaches because the language here is so intense and everyone is so loud with everything they say and do. I've also found, through talking to people in Australia, that even from just being here 5 days my english has changed so much and i'm saying things the long way around just to make sure my point gets through.

Anyway photo's will be up soon, as soon as i work out how to do it.