Luqman's Day 5 - All good things must come to an end Today is our last day in Rome, and it is fitting that we end this journey by returning to the Coliseum and Palantino grounds that we first saw yesterday. Palantino is the site of many ancient Roman ruins, so we are ending our trip by viewing the remains of a once powerful empire. We walked around the grounds for hours seeing mounds of worn bricks where great buildings once stood and the insides of tunnels that...

Ay yo… Technology It's interesting how dependent we are on technology and machines. I know I am because I use many technological instruments to get through each day. In particular, I think I have become very reliant and dependent on the internet. Email, instant messenger, google, etc all play an active role in my life. However I don't think I ever noticed to just what extent until I went without these amenities. In Rome, I have often found myself frustra...

Luqman's Day 4 - Never out of sight, will drive you out of your mind I was thinking about random stuff today while on our daily adventures and I recognized several things. The first was that Rome is absolutely beautiful. Of course, this is no new revelation, but your inability to walk a block without being stopped in your tracks by a new artistic or architectural masterpiece constantly reminds you. This happened to us today as we were leaving our hotel and saw t...

Hannah Blog 3 That's Amore! There are some things that you grow out of, but then there are some things you don't. For me, one of these things is my love and devotion to ice cream, more specifically, gelato. I can still remember the very first time I experienced that heavenly taste of airy but yet creamy, sweet but not overwhelmingly sugary, morsel of Italian dessert. It truly was love at first bite. Okay that sounded kind of creepy, but you know what I mean&...

Luqman's Blog 3 - Travel Light One of the most important lessons that I am continuously reminded that I need to master is to travel light. This is very difficult when preparing for a journey, as one never knows what they will encounter, and losers like me who are plagued with mild OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) try to be prepared for anything. However, the last day in Rome has shown me that as long as you bring an open mind and clean underwear with you o...