Strange Things

Strange things have happened in Rome recently...well they are not that strange.

1. My blonde haired friend, Chelsea, and I got asked if we were Chinese at the markets in San Giovanni. Yep, clearly we are Chinese.

2. Today I ate mexican food at a restaurant that did not put cheese on its tacos, did not seem to have tortilla chips on the menu, and for sure did not have margaritas on the menu. Italians do not do Mexican like we do in the US.

3. My parents visited (blog post to come sometime in the future. Possible the distant future seeing how I have still not posted about my sister's visit over 2 months ago.) This means now 4 out of the 5 snows have spent time in Rome. I guess this is not strange.

4. I am officially coming back to America. This is perhaps the strangest of all. It is going to be so weird to be back in the States. I know many of you thought I might make Rome my permanent residence. There was a time I thought this would be true as well. Hopefully, one day in the not so distant future (perhaps sooner than I write those blog posts), I will make Rome my permanent home. As for now though, I get back to America on Wednesday, September 19th. I can hardly believe it! In 3 and a half short months, I will touch American soil (well pavement probably) for the first time in over 365 days. Life is crazy. Strange even...

5. In other news, here is the list I gave my Mom today containing what I would like to have for my first American meal.

Get ready.
It might be a little long, and, as is the theme of this post, a little strange.

- Cheese dip and tortilla chips
- Spicy Chicken Sandwich from Chick-fil-a on a whole wheat bun with cheese and extra pickles.
- Lemonade from Chick-fil-a
- Lime margarita on ice with salt
- A greek salad from Zoe's
- Homemade Carrot Cake
- Skinny vanilla latte from Starbucks
- Cheese Its

I am sure I will think of a lot more things...

Gosh I'm hungry.