Today Lewcock took us on a tour of some churches. Some are different from anything we've seen so far b/c they have a façade that stands out from the rest of the building. Also, most of the churches are just in the middle of a small street corner, or in a square (piazza), and some are even attached to other buildings like apartments. The church of S. Ignazio di Loyola was very unique b/c it had a painted dome, since a dome wasn't able to be constructed for s...

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...