Day 33 - February 25th 2009 Rome, Italy

Took the tram to the stop just before the Tiber river and made the walk over to the API office at lunchtime to help cook and eat the traditional sicilian dish of eggplant/tomato over pasta. Audra and Christina put together quite a dish and we all ate heartily. A quick jump over to school for class at 3pm, a short break, then Wine and cultures class. We tasted a few red wines this evening to mark differences in tannin levels, bitterness, sweetness and acidity. It was very difficult sensing the subtle differences between each one. After wine class we made it over to La Montecarlo for the weekly dining. We all rather stupidly showered our pizzas with peperoncino spice, thinking we could spice up the flavor, causing our mouths to turn quite caustic and an extra bottle of acqua naturale to be ordered.