Che belllaaa

Here again. Minna came on Monday evening. Two hours late – because the plane, the luggage and also the train were late. Huh, solo in Italia! Then, we went out for a little snack. While eating, it started to rain. This was the first time that I actually see a drop of rain here. Few glasses of wine and some good company - what else an evening needs?

Tuesday 23th of June was then a tourist day. San Pietro, Vatican, Castel Saint d’Angelo, Spagna, Fontana di Trevi, Pantheon and Piazza Navona – some of the places I saw for the first time. For example, would it be stupid not to go inside the church of San Pietro? I live in the neighborhood! Anyway, now I’ve seen it and I have to say – WOW! Totally worth of visiting. A little siesta before fiesta, as someone said to me. And to Trastevere for a little walk. We had some drinks, good time – just relaxing.

Wednesday 24th of June was then another tourist day around the city. We visited Piazza Venezia and places around it, then Colosseum and San Giovanni. In the evening we started to take first cocktails pretty early and ended up in a very bad shape. Trastevere with a punch of my new Roman friends, we had so much fun! What a crazy, wild night!!

The morning on Thursday 25th I had one of the worst hang-over for a long time! We girls went to Villa Borghese to sunbathe for the afternoon, afterwards I was so tired! Somewhere around 8pm I got a message from Massimo and of course, we had to get out of the house again, met the guys and girls in Trastevere later. The plan was not to party very much because that’s what we did even too much the night before. In the end we found ourselves in La Maison, a night club by Tevere next to Castel S. Angelo. It was hot inside, but I loved it.

la maison

Yesterday Friday 26th of June it was just some relaxing, way too many parties lately! M did some shopping; I stayed at home, tried to deal with my head. In the evening we cooked some pasta, before leaving to Colosseo. Met Massimo at Circo Massimo and waited everyone else a looooong time! Finally got in to the club at 1am, then it was really a parrrrty! We danced a lot, many hours by the pool - cool. Because there was no place to sit, my shoes were killing me around 4am when we left the club. Massimo and Giuseppe took us home and they were available to come in to cook some pasta. Ok, we made Anna wake up and she was freaking angry. So we stopped cooking and continued just drinking wine. It was some good wine, in silence. Hah!

maria minna satu manuela

God, today SATUrday the 27th has been a boring day, sleeping and recovering from last night. Rest of the weekend should be a lot of fun; more some night life, sunbathing and good company. This week has been and still is really a holiday – My Roman Holiday!

Luv,

S

Living THE Roma

Wow! It’s been a while I haven’t written here. I don’t have Internet in my new apartment, so I don’t get the chance to write all the time. Anyway, a lot of things have happened. There was a 30th birthday party of Alessandro first of all, theme was the thirties. I wondered around Rome for one whole day to find a dress, and I did. Though it was a little more style of the sixties. Crazy party with A again! I met a lot of his friends, also two Dutch girls. Nice to speak English sometimes…

Alessandro 30 anni - Anni '30

Speaking of foreigners, I met some American (/Italian) girls in Roma Pride. God, the whole city was colorful that day. I was also with the flow, walked with the parade and partied at Piazza Navona afterwards. One girl, Jill, came to talk to me and she introduced me to her friends, Jacqueline and Barbara. In the evening, we drank few cocktails at San Giovanni, next to Colosseum and went to a club later. Long night, I came home somewhere around six in the morning.

Another night we went out with a bunch of Massimo’s friends. There I got to know this freaking crazy Hawaiian girl, Noea, and met also the first Finnish during my stay. On The Rox was the place called, in Trastevere. The people there are pretty much the ones I’ve been hanging out lately, Massimo, Ilaria, Giuseppe, Marinella, Maria, Manuela, Antonio, Rossella, Francesca, Riccardo, Mario, Noea and few others, don’t remember their names.

This Friday I also went out with them, to an outside nightclub called Purple Club. God, it was HOT! Though it was outside… There was this privé where I wasn’t supposed to go, but I didn’t know it before I already entered. I climbed to one pond behind the DJ and danced there above all the crowd. I felt sooo good! And no one took me out of there, everyone loved me. Ok, but it was fun. On SATUrrrday (as my friends here like to call it) we drove to the beach, to Fregene. There was an outside nightclub, and this time I was able to breathe and dance because it’s not so hot by the sea. Pools, dance floor, good music, friends, kisses, Italian night. Luuuuuv it!

Giuseppe e io a Purple club

Ok, it hasn’t been only partying. I have gone to Ostia (the beach) with Ila and to Villa Borghese few times to sunbathe, read few books and Italian magazines, learned how to cook and make real Italian espresso, danced and made choreographies, and most of all I have really relaxed and took time for myself, to think, to dream, to live.

It’s been almost three weeks and I already feel better, more energetic mentally to start the hectic life back home after the summer. Now it’s the time to relax and have fun still, so I don’t think about the fall yet. Supermercato is calling; I’ll buy some wine maybe. Rossella, my roommate left for Puglia today and Anna, the other one is away, so the whole apartment is mine! Minna, my friend from Finland is about arrive tonight, so it’s a parrrrty time.

A la prossima volta cari!

S

ROMA

5th of June

I started a bit of a longer journey this time. Woke up at nine in my sista's room, where I had been living almost for a week. God, what a rush again in the morning and just made it to the train. + 10 Celcius and raining, could there be any better day to leave for Italy?! I texted to Alessandro, my lovely Italian friend to host me for few first days cause I would be able to see my appartment on Wednesday the 10th. As always, he saved me and took me to live with him, Pepper (THÉ Finnish cat), Orwell (another cat) and the other guys (Francesco and Roberto). I arrived at Tampere.

Hrrr! It was freaking cold when I was waiting the bus to the airport outside the railway station. Raining still, veeery windy too. In the bus I already started to feel Italy, as around ten young people were speaking Italian behind me. After some weight problems I managed to get to the first plane, to Frankfurt and to the second one too, to Roma! When I stepped out of the plane in Italy, I felt a warm wind. + 25 and beautiful dark evening. Then a bus again, air-condition didn't really work and it was hot even I was wearing only a small tank top.

Then, finally at Termini. 23.23 and I saw Alessandro coming. Sooo nice to see this wonderful man again! Ciao, come stai? I had to talk in Italian from the beginning. Well, it's my own fault because I had been sending all the messages in Italian. We took all of my stuff at Ale's and went "to eat". Also Mari, one of Ale's friends came with us. First I had to get some Italian ice-cream, how could I resist?! Pineapple-minth - worth of trying, really! Next we ordered coctails, caipiroska di kiwi. How good was that, fresh fruit! After those, me and Mari started to get really hungry so we took some pizza on the way back home.

After leaving Mari at her appartment, I started to fight with Ale about the radio channel. Not seriously but it's always nice to fight a bit with A. Alessandro is a huge fan of classic music (not really?), and I didn't really feel like listening it. Argh! Annoying. Back at A's place. Said buona notte Ale, Pepper and Orwell and went to bed. Woke up at 18.30, so didn't really see the next day...

6th of June

Anyway, after I woke up, Francesco made some pasta for me. I was sitting in the kitchen and heard that F let someone in, a girl. They were talking something in Italian but I didn't understand them. They came to the kitchen and GOD! It was Ilaria! I didn't recognize her voice, she sounds so different when she speaks English. We chatted a bit and I finally changed clothes. Ale too (a little bit slower though) and we left for Roberto's parents' house to outside of Rome, Aprilia.

It took a bit longer to find the house than we had thought because we didn't find the right exit. In the end we arrived to this beautiful place, it was totally in the middle of nowhere! But what a house they had! And pool and everything. There were around 60 to 70 persons having fun already, all dressed up. We ate, drank, danced a bit, spoke Italian too. After the birthday cake, song and champagne the guys threw R to the pool and many guests joined him. Ila made me go there too with her, well there we were - all partyclothes wet. It was freaking fun though!

After swimming we hang out a bit and then left. I fell asleep in the car on the way back home and woke up just before A's house. Nice evening/night but I really were in a need of sleep.

7th/8th of June

I've been sleeping a freaking lot and daytime just sunbaithing here at A's. Just really relaxing, talking with guys and going a bit around here neighbourhood. I start to understand Italian more since I don't hear much anything else. My plan is to learn as much as I can and really see the Italian way of living. Tonight we're about to go to hung out in legendary Piazza Bologna, pretty near here.



A presto cari!

S

Goodbye Helsinki, Goodbye hometown Jyväskylä

Ok, the last day of my stay in Helsinki was pretty calm. I was way too tired and dead to go out and party. I slept some around 12 hours, woke up at 12, tried to work and made myself to look like a human again.. Possible? Dunno. L came home from work and we went to Amarillo for dinner before I took a train back to JKL. Nice that Frozen amarita, sooo good.

what's that yellow...? mmmmmmm <3

It was freaking warm here in Jyväskylä last weekend, Sunday May 31st we were sunbaithing in a park with my friends the whole day, temperature rose over +30C in the hottest point! Luuuuv. Yesterday I moved all of my stuff away from my apartment. Basically I'm homeless now, thank God only for four days. On Friday the 5th of June is then GOODBYE FINLAND, and CIAO ROMA! Till then,

S