Day 8 - February 1st 2009 Rome, Italy

Katie and I spent a good 3 hours at the Termini tren stazione awaiting her scheduled departure back to Firenze. After I saw her safely off, I made my way back to the Trastevere appartamento to read and engage in some peaceful time. That evening a detachment of our API group went off in search of the Steelers’ bar we had heard existed somewhere in the historic district. We found it around 11:30pm and joined the bubbly crowd of Pittsburgh fans even though none in our group were really Steelers’ football fans. The mood was joyous and that’s all that mattered. We met some cool people from the States and the pub was filled with collegiate banners from every major university. The owner was an American from Pittsburgh, hence the Steelers’/ USA lean. By the end of the 1st quarter though we had had enough of the packed little rectangular bar and left to return to camp Trastevere.