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Travel Blogs from Rome
A More Relaxing Roma
... part of the Theatre of Pompey. The Roman Senate had been temporarily meeting at the Theatre of Pompey on the fateful day that Julius Caesar met his doom. Supposedly, the spot where he was stabbed is contained within these ruins. However, instead of hosting Senate meetings or performances, the ruins have new residents now: A volunteer-run cat shelter. As we took photos, we noticed more and more cats popping up from all the nooks and crannies. It was so strange! There were dozens ...
A spiritual and artistic quest
... colonnades and a semicircular apse. In Roman times they could be used as Courts of Law. For more information on St. Paul's click here or here and see info below. Slideshow follows and there are several videos of ...
When in Rome...
... The openers were actually both really good and the performers blended everything together really well. I was impressed. David came on and **** got crazy. The light sequences were all a little too similar for me but I got some really good pictures of all of them. His show was sooo long and had some great times and some kind of boring ones. The Italians are crazy though, they love to chant stuff and it’s really fun and gets the crowd pumped up. David Guetta put on ...
Much Needed Updates From the Eternal City
So sorry for not having added any new entries in a while. I've just been busy being out and about and haven't really had the time. I'll give you the breakdown of what I did last week:
Wednesday, February 2
I had my first cooking class on the rooftop terrace of our campus. It was a bit chilly up there but we all warmed up in the kitchen. There were 15 students total and one professional chef, Andrea (typical male's name in Italy). There were 4 courses so we all ...
Vacation in Vatican
... the Pope makes a speech at 10:30am. It just so happened that on this day the pope wasn’t at Vatican City, so instead we saw him on the giant screens around the square.
After that was lunch. When in Rome you eat pizza or pasta. I don’t think I have eaten anything else other than pizza, pasta or gelati in all my time in Italy. The weather down here in southern Europe is so unbelievably hot. It ...