This past Monday marked my last day of school at Universita Tuscia! I completed my last final for cuisine class in the morning and got to celebrate the end of finals at the Viterbo Bowling Alley with my roommates Kelsey and Michelle!
Our original plan was to go ice skating in Rome at an outdoor rink that Michelle had found...but we missed the train we were supposed to catch. It was also raining. That being said, we did try to make the train but by the time we left our apartment we had about 10 minutes to make it to the station and from where we live we would've had to run. Not the safest plan to run on the slippery cobblestone streets, so we ended up stopping at our favorite gelateria in Viterbo - La Antica!
After we headed to campus to ask Simone for directions to the Viterbo Bowling Alley. We caught a bus right by the wing fountain and were on our way!
When the bus dropped us off we all thought we were in the wrong place because the stop was right in front of a small auto park but luckily my roommate Michelle found it after walking to the right side. It's definitely the smallest bowling alley I've been too but the atmosphere was great. Upbeat European pop music was playing and during our second game the owner turned on the neon lights!
After a great couple of rounds of bowling and then pool, we walked back to the bus stop to wait for our ride home. It was starting to rain again and after about five minutes the owner of the bowling alley pulled up in his car and asked, "Andiamo a Viterbo?" When we said yes, he motioned us to his car saying that he was going there too and could give us a lift. He explained that we would be waiting a long time until the bus would come to pick us up!
We were very thankful that he was able to give us a ride back to Viterbo so we didn't have to stand outside in the cold and rainy weather. What a surprisingly nice way to end an adventure we didn't even plan on in the first place!