Night of day 2- Our failed attempt to go to Trestevere and our success at finding new friends

Our attempt to go to the student area failed pretty quick, but for good reasons. On our way out we started talking to two Polish people staying in our hostel. We got in a long conversation about the differences in culture, history, education, politics etc. It was a great and enlightening conversation. The exact stereotypical conversation everyone expects from meeting random people from another country in a hostel.

Eventually their Brazilian friend (also from our hostel) shows up with a bottle of Champagne. We decide to go down to the river (buying a 2nd bottle) and enjoy some champagne under the full moon on the Tiber River with a great view of the St. Peters, Castel S. Angelo and Rome in general. We continued to talk about culture and experiences, throwing in Brazil now to the mix. We helped explain a few different odd english rules to our Polish friends, while they explained why it is a terrible idea to try and learn Polish (too difficult).

After a bit, we ran out of drink and decided to meet up with a new friend, this time a French girl named Marie (also staying at our hostel). We grab three bottles of wine, which finding an open store at 2am...oh yes, it is 2am by now, is not easy. After a mile or two walk we find a store. We again head to the river (just great place for a drink) and continue to share our life experiences. I, to no surprise, spent a good amount of time explaining American politics, the difference between Dems and Rep. and even the split within Republicans. Only one person cared, again, no surprise.

We finally decided to return home at 5am to exchange Facebook info and realize the Sun will be rising soon. Finally went to sleep around 6am...... Gotta get better at this sleep thing. But hey, sleep is a small price to pay for living your dreams.