Success in Roma

We arrived in Rome one week ago and have had a semi-successful time with food! 

Our second night, we went to this very cheap restaurant, and it turned out to be way better than we expected! I got penne with eggplant and I finished every bite. 

Now that we're living in apartments, I've cooked for myself a few times. For this, I cooked the tomatoes in olive oil on the stove until they started to burst. I added the bread to the olive oil and toasted each side.  I added some fresh mozzarella and had a perfect little meal. 

We've been going to L'insalatta Piccu, which is next to our school almost everyday. On Thursday, we went to the place next door, and I felt like I was cheating on L'insalatta. I got this pasta which I thought I loved for the first few bites, but then it was weird. Fail. 

Right below school is this incredible gelato place. I got orange chocolate and it was DIVINE. Best gelato I've had yet in Italy!

Liz found a restaurant called Ai Spaghettari, which is right in our neighborhood. We ordered wine and had one of the best meals so far! I got pasta with clams, mussels, and shrimp. Perfect!