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This is about to be a very educational post for y'all so listen up. I'm about to teach you about pasta because I am cultured now, and I have eaten real Italian pasta which makes me an expert because I am American and we know everything about everything (everyone hates us).

1. Bucatini: One of the most popular kinds of pasta in Rome, bucatini look like thick spaghetti—but they have a tiny hole in the middle. (Think of a Twizzler!). What does bucatini mean? “Little holes!”. (Buco means hole, while adding an -ino, or -ini for plural, means “small”).

2. Cannelloni: These big tubes of pasta (usually stuffed and popped in the oven) are named after, well, “big tubes.” (LOLOLOL, also adding -one, or -oni for plural, means “big”).

3. Farfalle: This pasta might have the prettiest name of them all "FART" "FELL", which means… “butterflies”! Hence the shape—of a bow tie, or (more creatively) a butterfly. TG it's not shaped like what you thought it was. Psych.

4. Fettuccine: This flat, ribbon-shaped pasta is named after (you guessed it) “little ribbons.” No one actually guesses it, so I'm just saying that to be nice.

5. Fusilli: This pasta is thought to come from the word “fucile,” or “rifle”. Makes sense because fusilli are spiral-shaped… as is the inside barrel of a gun.

6. Linguine: This flattened, long pasta is named after “little tongues” (tongues: lingue, and the in makes them “small”). Sew sensual.

7. Orecchiette: This pasta, unique to the region of Puglia, means “little ears.” Sure enough, it’s an ear-shaped pasta. No brainer.

8. Penne: An easy one, penne means “pens.” Next time you have a bowl of penne, check it out: The end of each piece of penne is similar to the tip of a fountain pen.

9. Spaghetti: Spaghi are “twines”; an -ett makes them small, so these are “little twines.” Perfect, right? It's like pasta for ants.

10. Strozzapreti: From central Italy, especially Emilia-Romagna, Umbria and Tuscany, this pasta might have the strangest name of them all: “priest-strangler.” No one’s exactly sure where the name comes from. Some think it’s because priests loved the pasta so much, they ate too quickly and choked. You hate to see that.

11. Vermicelli: In Italy, this is a tubular pasta that’s a little thicker than spaghetti. The name means “little worms.” Sounds gross—but, of course, tastes phenomenal!!!

Anyways, can you guess what type of pasta I got for dinner!?!?

Odds are no because I don't even know what I ate honestly but how flame does that thing look right now?

After we took a nice lil break to digest this masterpiece, we went to see AC Milan play. Basically, what I can tell you is this: If you think people in the states are rowdy at games, you should see the crowd at an AC Milan game. Hooooly moly are the libations flowing.... and let's just say if you don't join in on the cheers (all in Italian obviously) they will pour a beer on your head. I saw it happen. Just do it.

The game went really well though, and AC Milan was led to victory with a winning goal at the end of the 4th Quarter (3-1 in the end). It was actually pretty exciting to watch, and the atmosphere was full of excitement.

For those of you that don't enjoy soccer, they also have some nice 4 euro Heinekans. Not that I'm pressuring you or anything. I'm just saying....

Ciao!!

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