Medaglie d'Oro
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Move in day!
Ciao everyone,
Today I moved into the residence. It's nicer than what I expected and heard from other students. There are two bedrooms with two twin beds. So 4 of us share one whole unit and two students to each actual bedroom. Wouldn't you know it my roomie's name is Alexandra!! haha Anywho, we didt a little exploring today close to the …
Vatican, St. Peters Dome
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I havent had time since my last blog to post some of the other things I have seen so far. But of course mother sends a caring note to remind me to post some pictures on here. Yes mother dearest. So I believe it was Wednesday a bunch of us decided to head over to the Vatican. We weren't able to enter any of the Museums …
Underground temples in Rome
... 3.30pm. Once we had dumped our gear we trotted off to see a couple more Rome sights. Found the Basilica di San Clemente, a fascinating multi-layered site where some parts are as old as the nearby Colosseum. At street level is a 12th century Christian church, rather dark and forbidding inside, the effect ruined a little by the internal scaffolding for renovations. If you pay another 5 euro, you can descend stairs to whats underneath the church and this is where is ...
In The Summertime
... by the emperor, the gladiator would either walk free or die, this only occuring in matches specifically designed to show the crowd a good time. Should the match have been one to the death... The process first involved throwing your sword to the ground, turn immediately toward the emperor, go to your knees in mercy holding out your hand, palm up, thumb toward the emperor. The referee would immediately step in between the two fighting gladiators to prevent any further attack, then allow ...
Pasta! Gladiators! Julius Ceasar!
... cookies. We had chocolate-covered ones and ones with fruit in the middle. The next day, which was our only full day, we did a red sightseeing bus tour. It was nice- it took us to the colosseum and the ruins around it, and the Vatican. The colosseum was much bigger than I thought it would be, it could seat 80,000 people! The seats were no longer there, but you could walk around underneath where they were. Outside of ...