At night, I emulate the ancients and drink skins of wine, usually blacking out. Not really, but the wine does flow cheaply here, the cheapest being a liter box for €,89, or a 5 liter jug for €5,45. But who's counting?
On the whole, we have been trying to experience the night life like Romans. The closest that I've come to that is by going to a club called Init that Bob found. It was fun, and I was able to get my dance on. We also go to the cocktail bar called Stairs in the Trastevere area; since Italians are irrational and inefficient, they have open bar for €18 on Thursdays and Fridays, giving out top-shelf liquor. Idiots.
Aside from trying to go to new places, I've found that we drink at American style bars or Irish pubs. It's not that I am rejecting Italian culture, it's just Italians are the same here as they are at home- not fun to drink with. So we go to Irish pubs and spend way too much money of beer.
The idea of Italian drinking is to be seen and to maintain a bella figura, or seem in control. For Americans, it is a bit different. So I've been trying to reconcile these concepts with other American college students...
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