Scholar's

Some of the ladies and I went out last night and ended up at this amazing Irish pub. We had way too much fun. The place is known as Scholar's Pub and has a reputation for being a great hang out for university students. Lindsey and I walked there from our flat last night and were thoroughly chuffed upon entering. (Sidenote: I am also loving Lindsey. This chick watches Dr. Who, Sherlock, & GoT, loves HP, is hilarious, adorable, and likes to walk everywhere. Too fun.) 
We walked in to find a laid back bar with an Irish staff and golf and football playing on the telly. I got myself a pint of Guinness and we waited for some of the other UC Rome girls to show up (there are literally about 9 guys on this trip... it's an estrogen party). After we found them we headed over to Scholar's 2nd bar through the doors to the right and found live music, a dance floor and a livelier atmosphere. An Italian band called Vazza Nikki was playing a bunch of American oldies and some of their own big band style originals in Italian. The American girls started dancing and got the Italians and Brits to join in. 
Of course a rather large group of American girls at a bar get attention pretty quickly and by the end of the night one girl was planning on going out with the band's keyboardist, another was trying to kindly decline a very persistent and cute Italian boy who paid for a round of tequila shots for everyone, and another couldn't keep the Italians off of her. After a fun night of dancing and just plain having a good time all of the girls did yet another head check and we all got home safe and sound (yes mom, we were very good about safety). Honestly, this city is rather safe (as my Roman professor assures me) and as long as you've got your wits about you you'll be wizard.
I am definitely loving all of the people I meet here and some of the girls are already referring to each other as surrogate sisters. We may not know each other's names yet, but we will certainly have one another's back.