Day 74:

Friday - July 30, 2010

A quote to start out with that I thought fit our Friday in Ariccia:

Your true traveler finds boredom rather agreeable than painful.

It is the symbol of his liberty- his excessive freedom.

He accepts his boredom, when it comes,

not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.

-Aldous Huxley

Today was maybe the laziest day we have had thus far this summer... basically we woke up, worked on our Capstone Papers, laid around the Chigi, got stir-crazy so we went on a run, laid around the Chigi some more... pretty boring, right?

Well, we did counteract this sluggish act by ALL going to a fun dinner in Ariccia.  Ya'll should see the faces of the waitresses at Aricciarola when we tell them table for 15 -- it's priceless. But they found us a table and we all had a really fun, Italian-style dinner!  We were all trying to not get  mushy-gushy when I gave the toast and we were all reflecting on the adventures of the summer.  During our conversation we all came to the conclusion that we are probably the best group ever -- seriously.  I love every single girl I have been with this summer and we all get along so great, it is a true blessing. So we had such a good dinner and then all headed back to the Chigi for a night of "Chigi Game Night".  Yes, we broke out the CatchPhrase and cards and made fun in the Palace. It was a good way to spend our Friday night in the Palace!

P.S. - I am 9 pages in on my paper... only 3 to go.  I think I can make it... maybe.