There is a transit strike today in Rome, or "sciopero" (show-perow), which means that the trams, busses, metro and trains won't run, except for brief morning and evening commute hours. Our apartment is not particularly close to the city center, but we are very conveniently connected by a single tram. Conveniently, that is, until there's a transit strike. I might normally take this as a sign from the universe that I should cut class for a day except for the fact that today is my LAST day of Italian class here in Rome and we have a test! So, even though my school starts at 12:30 p.m., here I am, off to grab the tram before 8:00 a.m. to make sure I am able to get into the center before the trams stop running. I guess it's an opportunity to semi-laze about in Italian cafés, studying for my exam. A sciopero is part of Italian living and we're living it!
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