Guess I’m an Adult Now!

Just as any birthday of young people with no money, my 18th birthday started off with some cheap and really really bad Prosecco. When I say really really bad, I mean really really bad. Really really bad to the level that Flo and I started playing a twisted version of “Truth or Dare” – “Truth…

Exeter Squad Reunion (Minus One)

On Saturday, my friend whom I met at Phillips Exeter Academy this summer (he lives in Rome) came to visit me and Flo for the weekend! Together with another friend from Hong Kong who now lives in New York City, we’d spent much time together at Summer School, but for obvious reasons, our friend living…

Expo Foodgasm, Take Three

I took Flo to the Expo on Thursday evening – good decision. It wasn’t crowded and we were able to see many popular pavilions! One of them was Ireland. During the weekend, lines are extremely long, but it’s basically just a nicely designed walk through exhibition. At the exit, there was something written on the…

Random Weird Vespa Co-Driver

Italians never fail to amaze me. The other day, Flo (my visiting friend) and I wanted to cross a street at night on our way home, when suddenly, a wild Vespa appeared out of nowhere with two men on it. The co-driver was screaming in a very peculiar fashion, like a cat trying to sing…

A Magnificent Concert in Verdi’s Favorite Church

On Wednesday, one of my very best friends arrived and thanks to my boss who is a lively and humorous Swiss woman, we were able to get our hands on some very cheap tickets (20€ compared to 140€) for a concert. Actually, not just some kind of concert: Zubin Mehta conducting the orchestra and choir of the…

Expo, Second Time

I went to the Expo again on Sunday! Evening tickets are not as pricey but you still have time to do a lot of stuff.