Jump around!

Cousin time: Brandon and I jumping around in front of one of the old temples to Minerva which is now a church

Whooooa. It's been a while since I last posted. As my brother kindly pointed out in my last post, I'm bad at this. I've been busy the past couple months mostly working, entertaining visitors and just l-i-v-i-n.

The string of visitors began with my darling cousin, Brandon and very good friend Bri. These two are exactly the kind of people you want to visit because they are up for absolutely everything and they get along with everybody. Really I had so much fun with them, I never wanted them to leave....and even still wish they could come back here. To live. Forever. And ever.

Headed to the coolest place in Rome, Circolo degli Artisti, for some dancin' just after finishing up some delicious Ethiopian food in Pigneto

As we were touring around seeing the sites we saw people in random places taking jumping pictures and instantly started to make fun of how stupid they looked jumping around in front of monuments and such. That is, until we decided to try it out. It didn't take long for us to realize that jumping pictures are pretty much the most fun ever, and then we were addicted. From there we jumped all around Rome, with and without pictures.

Not sure if this is how Bernini would picture people enjoying his sculpture in Piazza Navona, or maybe this is EXACTLY what he had in mind

Brandon, center stage in Piazza Minerva. Bernini's elefantino in the background

Another Bernini statue...geez this guy got around. Bri and I got some help jumping from some kind strangers in Piazza Barberini.

This may be my favorite picture ever recorded. I was airborne for a moment and it looks like Bri is trying to stop me from making a huge mistake. Too late.

As always enjoying some delicious pizza and vino in Prati

Still jumpin in Piazza Minerva

Look not jumping! Just... actually I don't actually know what we're doing. The YMCA?

A chilly picnic near Circo Massimo ends in shenanigans 

This one could be termed "falling"

I highly recommend jumping pictures but now I can't find anyone as into it as Brandon and Bri. They're really two of a kind and I can't wait for the next time we get to travel together! I'd pretty much go anywhere with these two. Despite the not-so-great-weather, we had a blast no matter what we did. They just made me laugh, and at a time when I really needed it. Somehow we turned the simple instance of seeing an old lady waddling away from a bus creeping up on her into a two day running joke usually ending in hysterics. And a certain term to describe a certain couple outside the capuchin monastery sparked some interesting laughs as well. And of course there were the really really ridiculously good-looking friends my roommate had visiting which made every daily occurrence with them awkwardly hilarious. Anyway, it was a great time for me and I can't wait to see Brandon and Bri again. Cooooooooooommmmmmmmeeeeee Baaaaaaaaaccccccccckkkkk!

At my place