She traveled over to the Valentino Park and walked the whole park, on accident, while trying to find the competition. She found it by hearing the 'HUH. HUH.' of rowers.
She took pictures while walking alongside the river. Occasionally she nearly walked into the boats that were resting on the sidewalk, but no serious injuries ensued.
She noticed that many people were standing on the bridge that crossed the Po River and decided that would be a good place to view and take pictures.
Walking briskly with a clear focus got her on the bridge rather quickly. With her amazing camera and its amazing zoom, she grabbed a couple of good shots.
There were teams from Germany, England, Italy, France, Austria, Sweden and many more. This was a rather big competition. It took place on a Saturday and Sunday. Emily went on the Sunday.
While standing on the bridge, Emily encountered a rowing team from Rome. They were males. Tall. Good looking. Well built. ---and then there was Emily...
They crossed to a different part of the side at the same time as Emily, what a coincidence. While Emily stood there, alone, watching the competition, they each took their turn of looking over at her and checking her out. =D However, she was too shy to show her interest.
Yet, she mustered up the courage and asked one of them where they were from. 'Roma' Oh! She continued in broken Italian asking when they were rowing. He replied that they rowed that morning. OH--missed it. =( By this time more than half have of the team have turned around hastily to hear her voice and try to understand what she's saying. Very curious, those boys.
He asked her if she rowed, but she understood it as if she liked the sport. 'SI.' He then asked what position. Oh. Woops. She then corrected her mistake and said she just liked the sport. 'Ahh.'
End of conversation.
They walked to another part of the bridge to cheer on someone and Emily gracefully walked away.
Yes, she took on a Roman rowing team alone. Managed a bit, but concluded that she needed to study Italian more. Oh well!
She went into MAO, Museum of Oriental Art, soon after this for warmth. She met a docent who was extremely friendly and energetic. She showed Emily how to work the computers and was just super excited to see visitors. Emily vowed to come back one day and visit this museum with the hopes of meeting the docent once more.
After one hour, Emily left, and went to the Se non adesso, quando? event, featured in this blog as well!
