The best tiramisu in Rome and other stories from Week 3

To the left is the what was billed as the best tiramisu in Rome.  You can get it at a place called Pompi off of Re di Roma in southern Rome.  This was the first part of our group outing last Wednesday.  I have to say it was pretty damn good.

We finished the night in San Lorenzo doing what all good people in San Lorenzo do: drinking in in the square in front of the community church. (Sidenote 1:  it is perfectly legal to wander around in the street with an open container.  Sidenote 2: This law does not seem to have eroded the moral fabric of society).

To right, I am drinking a beer below the sign that says "Piazza dell' Immacolata" in front of the church.  It was a truly religious experience.  As you can see, we also have a number of very talented graffiti artists in San Lorenzo.

For the weekend, I went the beach in Fregene with some friends.  Fregene is due west of Rome on the Mediterranean sea.  We were at the beach right in the middle of this map.  It was fun and the waves were actually big enough to attract a few surfers.  You can see a picture of me and the "special" econometrics crew by clicking here compliments of Ana (track back through her album for more beach pics).

The lifeguards kept blowing their whistles at Benoit and I for going too far out.  Of course, the buoy line was an arbitrary, sparse collection of zig-zagging buoys.  At one point, I was standing in water just over my knees and the lifeguard was yelling at me for being too far out to sea.

Sunday I walked along the Tiber river and climbed up the Aventine hill for some views of the city.  At the top you can look through a keyhole at the Priory of the Knights of Malta, into a garden of trees that perfectly frames Saint Peter's Basilica.  Pictures of that excursion and weeknight debauchery are posted on picasa.  Click here.

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