A night at the bowling!

Bowling is not exactly the most practiced sport in Italy. That’s maybe why there are only two or three bowling places in a city as big as Rome. Brunswick in the north part of it, close to the Olimpic stadium and therefore quite far from the Pantheon Institute offices and dorms in the historic center. In spite of this, we decided to organize a bowling night for our students there: Brunswick is the biggest bowling in Rome with its 24 lanes, a mini-golf and a beautiful restaurant.

Right after Wednesday’s Italian class was over, we left the Pantheon office and we headed towards Piazza San Silvestro to take bus n. 53 that would lead us straight to our destination. As soon as we reached the stop, we got on the bus but the driver immediately asked us to get off…the bus was going to the deposit! These are the inconveniences of using public transportation in Rome, a city that’s as beautiful as much as it is chaotic, from this point of view! After chatting for a while, our bus finally got to there. It took us about one hour to get to the bowling, but it was worth it!

Rome’s Brunswick is really cool and our students felt “a little bit like home”…After renting the shoes, the PI students decided to take two lanes and the competition started! I have to say, as a spectator, that the show was really exciting! Many of the Pantheon Institute bowlers proved to be very good. With excellent techniques and powerful shots, almost all of them scored way more than 100 points…with just few exceptions.

Between one shot and another, we had also some time to eat something…also in this case, the students felt like home: everybody had either an hamburger with French fries, fish and chips or a slice of pizza, and everything was delicious!

After bowling, we tried also a little basketball. Our students from Clemson University proved to be real champions! Their score was amazing…

After two very nice hours spent at Brunswick, we decided to go back home. We had a pleasant walk along the Tiber and we reached Piazza Mancini, a square that’s right in front of the Olimpic stadium and we caught bus n. 2 which led us right to Piazza del Popolo.

Bowling was so much fun! And it is definitely an activity we will propose again to the future students of the Pantheon Institute.