This won't be a very long or in depth posting here, but Katy and I still thought that this little outing of ours was blog-worthy - so, up it goes!
It all began earlier last week, when one of our roommates, Kimberly, invited Katy and I to go see a movie in a local theater here that plays films in English a couple of times every week. So, last Thursday after we had finished classes for the week, we joined Kimberly at the Odeon Theatre, which happened to only be about 5 minutes away from our apartment. As you can see from the pictures posted here, the theater itself was the main reason we wanted to post this event. Look at how beautiful it is! It's like an old fashioned theater, with amazing cloth seats, a balcony, and beautiful columns and tapestry all over. We sat up in the balcony for the showing of Frost/Nixon, which was kind of like a dramatic interpretation of the Frost and Nixon interviews in light of the whole issue of Watergate and Nixon' pardon by Ford. It was surprisingly well done and enjoyable to watch. We were all impressed with how it touched us and made us think about the whole situation.
Another very cool part to me was that there was an intermission half way through the show so that you could back out to the lobby and buy snacks, popcorn, drinks, whatever you wanted, and then they would flash the lights when the show was about to start again. I got some of the saltiest popcorn I have ever eaten, and Katy got an iced tea, but there was lots of concession options to choose from. (And of course by drinks, I do mean alcoholic drinks because this is Europe, folks!) All in all, it was a fun night, and to be able to get out and see a film in english was great! As we left the theater, we had to remind ourselves that weren't back home, but really still in Italy. Katy and I bought a Club pack of tickets for the theater, so I think we'll probably be going back a few more times throughout our stay here.
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