Katie Parla's Rome: Pigneto

Rome... A city where you’ll never get bored.

My time here in Rome is almost finished. I live here now for five months and I have to say I still never get bored! Every time during the moment that I think: “Now I am used to all the crazy habits and different people” there happens something crazy again that turns my whole day around. I love it and I enjoy it even if it is not always a nice moment.

Italian food habits. It remains something special for me.

Something that is often one of the biggest enemies of the Dutch people is here the most popular.

Of course, everybody likes food and tries to eat in a healthy way, but in Italy it is just a little bit different.

"Food is the highlight of the day"

This is something Italian. If the average European thinks of Italy, the images of delicious pastas and pizzas will appear in their mind. The great thing is that there is much more than just pizza and pasta and the Italians are not shy to show how proud they are on their products.

During my first evening I was in a restaurant together with my internship advisor. This was my “welcome dinner”. He started to talk about food and he tried to explain me some habits from here. A sentence that I will never forget: “In the morning you start with a cornetto and you dip it in your cappuccino”.

Pasqua a Roma

Un'altra nuova esperienza per me: Pasqua a Roma

Tutti i miei compagni di appartamento sono andati nelle loro città natali per visitare le loro famiglie. Ho avuto la fortuna di avere i miei genitori che sono venuti a trovarmi a Roma proprio per la Pasqua.

E’ stato il week-end più attivo, ho camminato tantissimo, come se avvessi fatto 2 maratone!

I miei genitori avevano quattro giorni per visitare i posti più belli. Naturalmente è stato impossibile perché Roma è grande e abbiamo girato solo a piedi. Alla fine del weekend ero esausta. Tra passeggiate, cibo, bibite fresche, il tutto sotto uno splendido sole che ha reso tutto meraviglioso!

What about the "stereotype" Italian men

Last week I was sitting with my roommates in the kitchen and we had a nice dinner. We were just talking about normal things and then just suddenly my roommate started to change the subject. He asked us what the best way was to approach a girl.

Me and my two other roommates (both Italian girls) were a little bit surprised!

The start of the biggest experience in my life

The start of my biggest experience in my life

How will my internship be? What do they expect from me? How is my living place? Who are my roommates? Does someone speak English? What if I get home sick? What kind of people shall I meet?

They raced through my head, over and over again, from left to right and back again. It looked like a washing machine! It will probably be familiar to you, always the same uncertain questions that are actually not necessary…

These were my thoughts during my flight to Rome. I started to realize it from the moment that I said my family and friends goodbye en I stepped into the plane. Was I nervous? Of course! Do I regret it? NEVER!

It all started a few months ago. I had to find an internship for six months. This is an important part of my study Media management. I knew that I wanted more then only an internship in Holland. I was searching for a challenge en I would take it with both hands! My options were very wide and I could choose every country that I wanted. This was not very hard for me to think about.

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