Late Night America

Many bars in Rome close at two, however the careful wanderer can find others that stay open much later on the eve of a major sports event. One such bar that is continually loaded with Penn State and Pittsburgh Steelers fans, finds a way to keep a few after hours game watchers from the Pennsylvania area for Penguins playoff games. This bar is located on one of the streets surrounding Piazza Navona. It is great to see a congregation of people celebrating a common cause thousands of miles away, and in their usual fashion. For these Americans, they have three hours of time to act like Americans, and be themselves in their own right. It isn't too often that in Europe you're able to find a place that is so dedicated to American teams. By the late hours most of the Italians have cleared out and Americans are all that are left. It is certainly a change after six hours in a bar, when you enter at about 23:00 and Piazza Navona is filled with merchants and people, by the time you leave the Piazza is empty. All that can be seen are street sweepers, most people are starting to get up for work, just while we take our walk home.