This morning we went into Rome for the first time. Getting there was interesting, trying to figure out the bus system and get everyone on the same one. Our professor gave us a mini tour of some of the ancient Roman ruins passing by the Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II, Colonna Tralana (the oldest of these tall, cylindrical monuments), the Mercati Tainei (old market), Romano (place where they hung out), Arc of Tito. It was interesting seeing these random column...

This morning we went into Rome for the first time. Getting there was interesting, trying to figure out the bus system and get everyone on the same one. Our professor gave us a mini tour of some of the ancient Roman ruins passing by the Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II, Colonna Tralana (the oldest of these tall, cylindrical monuments), the Mercati Tainei (old market), Romano (place where they hung out), Arc of Tito. It was interesting seeing these random column...

After class I went to the Ponte Rialto and bought myself a gondolier shirt to wear around all day. I look like Waldo w/ my red & white stripes. Then we went to the Accademia museum and saw some Berlinni and other Renaissance painters' works. The paintings and museums are all starting to get boring and blur together. After that I went to the tower that overlooks the S. Marco area, which was cool to get a high perspective of the city. Unfortunately we never ma...

Today after class we went to another church to look at the murals at the alters and the unique gothic architecture. Afterwards we had a little time to wander around and I got some spaghetti w/ meat sauce that I was craving. I'm keeping a dog count today b/c I saw so many yesterday that I was wondering if I could count 100 in a day. In the afternoon we went to the Guggenheim museum and saw some interesting artwork, including a sculpture that had a man, who's pe...

Today after music class we headed to Padova (the group got split and some didn't get on the right train) to see the Scrovegni Chapel (which we missed our appointment for b/c we were put on the wrong train, but got a later appointment to go into), which is filled w/ Giotto's frescos. The every inch of the walls are covered and the ceilings are painted blue w/ stars and a few frescos. The wall frescos illustrate scenes mainly of Christ's life and are a unique sty...