Europe Trip: Day 28, June 17th

The next morning, I woke up and told Lubna good luck on her first exam. Then I went back to bed, since we had been up until like 2am. After all the walking the day before, I had decided to take it easy and eventually I ended up just staying at their place all day.

We waited to hear how she did, and finally a bit after noon she called and told her mom that she had gotten full points/marks (30/30).

When Lubna got back, she had to study for her next exam that was the following morning. So she was reading some book on Restoration (of buildings, monuments, paintings, etc). She eventually asked me to help with coloring in some stuff on one of her CAD drawings that needed to be colored/shaded by hand. Francesca had been helping a lot with that, and had declined my offer to help, but much of what was left was smaller details and she had a hard time seeing it, even with her reading glasses.

So for a couple hours I colored. It was like the good old days :P

I also went out to the store with Lubna when she had to go pick something up, and I bought a couple bottles of wine for the next two nights. Later I found out that Francesca isn't a fan of drinking at all, much like Dad. But she was fine with Lubna and I having some wine with dinner.

While Lubna was studying I talked with Francesca about various political things, as with other Europeans, Bush was a popular topic. She also has very strong feelings about the Palestinian conflict and thinks that Israel is very much in the wrong.

We went to bed around midnight, having decided that the three of us would all drive into Rome at 7:30am (arriving at about 9am -- gotta love traffic). So I set my watch alarm for 6:30am...