Running cures all

I woke up this morning with some weird swollen insect bites (one of them being on my eye, which made me look like a total freak). I iced them and the swelling went down, but have no idea what insect they are from. So Leah and I went on a quest for an italian equivalent of benadryl. Of course with it being Sunday, everything is closed. Different pharmacies throughout Rome rotate being open on Sundays. The pharamacies have a paper outstide of the doors announcing which ones are open, so then we had to find them. Eventually we found an open one and got some allergy medicine. Hopefully it's what I need because I only spoke italian with the pharmacist.

Went running later in the day in Villa Doria Pamphilj, the largest landcaped public park in Rome. And it is less than two minutes from my doorstep. Leah and I went running for the first time since getting to Rome and it was the best. I needed to go so badly. Upon entering the park, there is a beautiful villa that belonged to some well-to-do family. There are a bunch of fountains and little monuments. We kept going and ran through an arch and entered a huge grassy field! Which was so great. There is a highway that runs through the center of the park and a bridge that connects to two parts together; I think the total area is 1.8 km squared. I thought Leah and I were going to get lost. But we didn't! And it was the farthest I have run since September! Woooooo.

Classes start tomorrow. There is still SO much to do to get settled. Hopefully we can take care of everything this week and I will stop being swollen.