Casale Altavilla Rome
Via del Fontanile Arenato 4 Rome, Lazio, 00163, Italy
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Rome, the eternal city
... Both for religious and architectural reasons, this place is so meaningful for me. It would be until our third day in Rome when we would go inside, as I knew this place deserved an entire day.
The basilica is HUGE, inside and out. The whole experience begins in St. Peter's square, with the colonnades stretching out like a set of arms reaching for an embrace. Once inside you're in awe from the vastness of the space, and the beauty each adornment. ...
Last day in Roma
... happy with their choices, I had a side salad and we had 2 bottles of water, it all came to 41,50 euros for those wanting to know prices.
Walked back to the Pantheon, listened to an opera singer in the Piazza (love this sort of thing!), Jim and the boys went for a few groceries for the morning, we got our last gelato then back to the apt to pack. (got in about 9:15 or 9:30)
Packed, got on the computer, went to ...
Ho finito i miei giornali!!!
... as it's not downpouring outside, I'm hoping to spend as much time as possible just wandering around Rome.. I haven't very much in the last week or so due to being busy and the ****** weather. But .... only two weeks left, I'm definitely getting my butt out there!
Not too much else overly exciting going on... oh! Wednesday I had the absolute coolest field trip of all time. I want to email my professors at home and brag. Went to ...
Shit Show Saturday
... to the door. Only about 15 or 20 people from the town ended up coming! The party was a success though, and we got to meet a lot of great people around the town. Towards the end of the party, when most of the towns' people had left and all of our teachers were still there we had a dance/clean up party. We had SO much extra food it could have fed a small army.
After a long night, we were excited to sleep in the next morning and go to ...
Ancient Rome
... are men dressed as Roman soldiers who were trying to get tourists to come and have a picture with them. Our guide mentioned that he knew of a deaf guy who worked as one of those soldiers. The next thing we knew, he found the guy and we got to have our picture taken with him for free. He has been working as one of these soldiers for 13 years and has a very deep tan! We then wandered over to the Forum or large ...


