Rome!

I left work at lunch today to head to the airport and catch an Easyjet flight to Rome!  I slept the whole way on the flight and made my way via shuttle and metro to my hostel.  The hostel is kind of out of the way and does not at all look like a hostel from the outside.  When I rang the doorbell, no one answered, which worried me a little, but I just went to a Gelato shop down the street and used their wifi to e-mail the hostel, it was no problem.  The fact that I was calm about this, I think was a big step for me.

The hostel kitchen.

Once I was able to get in, this place is pretty amazing.  It is decorated very eclectically and it feels very welcoming.  Fabio, the owner, gave each of the new guests a welcoming drink when we arrived and he made pasta for everyone for dinner.  I am upstairs in the "quieter" part of the hostel, and so far I even have a room to myself.

Some of the hostel guests were going out for a pub crawl tonight, but I am really exhausted, so I am just going to finish my INDEV603 paper and get a good night's rest so I can be fresh and ready to explore the city in the morning.  I am supposed to be meeting a couchsurfer to go on a bike tour of the city.  We'll see how that goes!