Mercati, Dolci, e Fori Fascisti?

So where do I pick up? Life in Rome is pretty great! I've finally had a few more evenings out in the city, trips to bakeries, etc. In my attempts to find nightlife that isn't catered to Americans, I've done alright, but then again, I still haven't been leaving campus as much as I'd like to. It's so easy to stay inside this building for a week at a time, even on my days without class. Pretty upsetting.
Regardless, I'm loving my semester. Although Mensa food (mensa as in cafeteria) is repetitive, at least I'm eating plenty and also enjoying food downtown (I love this one bar by the Sunday market and twice now we've gone there and afterwards gotten desserts in the bakery attached to it). As far as my knowledge of the public transportation goes, let's just say I still have far to go.

On Friday a couple of us decided to go find the Olympic Village. Being our adventurous selves, we walked there. Seeing as we live up on Monte Mario, the walk is almost two miles of hilly, winding roads. Fun stuff, right? Needless to say, I looked less than fabulous before, during, after this excursion. It was a pretty cool experience, I certainly got my work out but also saw a local site. There were a ton of schoolchildren.. exercising? Field tripping and being athletic? I'm not sure. The complex is interesting, and with plenty of Mussolini-style "Italians are the greatest" motifs. The beautiful city of Roma hosted the Summer Olympics in 1960, but there was also some use back in the Thirties for all kinds of Fascist fun in the sun.
The weather has been getting nicer! When the sun is out you can actually feel warm, which is wonderful. I even saw a class or two in the courtyard. This slight warmth is quite an early spring for a Chicagoan like me, but I also have to keep in mind that my travel elsewhere in Europe doesn't mean it will feel like central Italy wherever I go.
Coming up on the travel agenda is München, all of spring break in Tunisia, and so far, Malta and Greece are also planned! Should be exciting since I'm almost out of weekends during which I'm actually staying in Italia!