We had a scavenger hunt in and around Piazza di Novana. Matt, Brittany and I were a group. Of course Matt is a slave driver and has to win.....He actually was quite funny about everything. I have asthma that kicks up when I have not been consistent with my exercises. Chasing after Matt down the sidewalks of Rome almost made with want to vomit. By the time we finished I was drenched in sweat, Brittany was dieing and Matt was bummed that we were told the wrong answers for many of the questions.
It started out with 10 questions asking a random of facts about Rome. It was written in Italian so that we had Italian practice. My recollection tells me that for example: one of the questions asked about a famous fountain near the famous University of Rome. It was something about a fat guy sitting on a keg barrel. One of the disappointing things about this whole treasure hunt is that a majority of the Romans know nothing about the very eternal city they live in. We asked so many people for the answers to our questions. It was not like the answers were only known to the scholars of the city. They were rather common known knowledge. At one point we begged a bus driver to drive us to our destination. Finally, we became discouraged and stopped in at a travel agency and asked to use her computer. On the positive side, we were able to answer 5 of the 10 questions within the first 5 minutes of the hunt. When we arrived back we saw one of the other groups sitting with Danilo and Dr Dubs. When our answers were checked 2 of the 10 questions were wrong. Are you kidding me? Even the internet and travel agent is wrong. We walked back to Termini Station sulking as sore losers.
When we arrived back to campus we decided to make plans for St. Patrick's Day in Rome. Let's see what comes of this.
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