Wait, How Much Were Those Shoes!!??!??!
- Janay S.
- Mar 25, 2018
- 2 min read
TUESDAY MARCH 7, 2017
One of the SAI staff members told the group about a beautiful fountain that overlooks the skyline of Rome near Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere and she warned us that to get to it we would endure a long hike. So some of the group members decided to accept the challenge of the uphill hike and I can confirm that the struggle of climbing who knows how many steps on the steepest incline ever was physically trying but definitely worth it. We took so many pictures of the breathe taking view of the city and in front of the enormous fountain. After returning from our hike, we attended a fashion tour in Piazza Barberini. Our tour guide, Rosella, was severely hard to understand because of her heavy accent. Also, there were times when she seemed as if she was not knowledgeable of the topic whenever someone in the group had questions. We visited a fashion museum near Piazza di Spagna and learned about the evolution of Italian fashion. Italian designers have a very classy and elegant style but some of the outfits looked as if they would be uncomfortable to wear. After the museum, Rosella walked us through the Roman fashion district were she elaborately talked on and on about Valentino fashion. It was prominently evident that Valentino has an extremely successful reputation in the Italian fashion industry. The headquarters for Valentino's business is a multi-million dollar mansion located directly in the center of the Roman fashion district. I saw some incredibly beautiful shoes in the window of the headquarters and curiously asked how much would Valentino shoes typically cost and Rosella informed us usually around $2,500. There were so many different high class brand name stores throughout the streets of the shopping district, like Fendi, Armani, Tiffany's, etc.
Later that evening we went on another food tour with a new tour guide, named Mike. We went to three different food places and sampled their specialty dishes. The first place was a cheese shop where we tasted different types cheeses, which was surprisingly enjoyable. Apparently, in Italy they can use unpasteurized milk when making the cheese, so there is a bigger variety of flavored cheese available to Italians, unlike in America. On the way walking to the second place, Mike pointed out to us that in the Jewish Ghetto there are gold cobblestones scattered randomly in memory of those who did not survive the Holocaust. After eating a great dinner at the second stop, we then had a some delicious gelato at this place named Gelaterio del Teatro.
