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When in Rome...
... with his strong Italian accent I was flat out keeping up with understanding his intellectual pace! Nevertheless, I really enjoyed it and couldn't possibly have asked for more. We wandered through a number of small churches, visited the fountain of the four rivers and observed a few piazza (no idea what the plural is of that word) and political spaces. The President was in when we walked by. I've noticed that the traffic is quite different in ...
Pope On A Rope
... 000 people. Staples Center can hold almost 20,000. Michaelangelo's Pieta is one of the most moving works of art I've ever seen. Lindsay and I were both moved by Roxanna's description of the piece, showing not only Jesus and Mary's relationship, but also a mother and son relationship. I looked at it and saw a powerful portrait of a mother holding her son's tortured body, a mother mourning the loss of her child. With Mother's Day in mind, I ...
Across the "Tevere" (Tiber)
... we listen to the tour for the following day. The commentaries are generally about 30 minutes long which makes for a nice little break and then the next day we don't have to walk around with earplugs dangling.
Trastevere was interesting but the hovering helicopters were a bit annoying -- we were right across from the Jewish Ghetto and today is Yom Kippur. We meandered about and visited two churches: ...
Roaming around Rome
... our next visit. With that in mind, we navigated our way through the south exit of the park and into Piazza del Popolo. In the piazza, we both spotted the banner for the Da Vinci Museum and were intrigued, so put our Roma Passes to work again. The museum was full of replicas of the designs found in Da Vinci's journals and gave us a chance to absorb his ideas and appreciate how groundbreaking his inventions were -- even in today's world, let alone in the 15th century.
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Always Sunny in Roma
... were all sold out. Such a bummer because we all really wanted to see the game, but at least we know how to go about buying tickets next time.
Classes have been going well, I got a B on my first Italian test and I still really like accounting...weird right. I think my teacher makes a big difference. I enjoy going to his class because he relates everything back to real-world examples (his Harley Davidson shop) and he's just a really cool guy. ...