Some things that did happen: on Thursday morning for Digital Imaging we went to Campo de Fiori to shoot street documentary portrait photos of strangers, which is pretty hard to do. There is a small market there during the day, and plenty of interesting-looking Italians. I'm not all that happy with the shots I took there, but we have to take 20 more for this Thursday's class, so I'll be sure to push myself to get some good ones.
sorry to the vegetarians :(We also went to see a photography exhibit by Gregory Crewdson which was pretty amazing- he's able to produce huge-scale photographs by using a camera so large that it's negatives are 8x10- he's best known for creating complex surreal, sometimes scary staged images of life in suburban American towns.
one of Crewdon's photos I saw
oh, and we saw this on our way into the museum
one of Crewdon's photos I saw
oh, and we saw this on our way into the museumOn Friday I shopped a bit, and at night went to a friend's for dinner, then over to a new friend's apartment to have a few drinks and relax. We went to get gelato at a great place right near the Vatican called Old Bridge- I got banana, pinenut, and coffee-mmm! Then we went back to her place again, she cooked me an EXCELLENT grilled cheese sandwich- and we watched Planet Earth!!! :)
Saturday I was a huge bum and slept all day. I went shopping again, cooked dinner, read a book, and went to bed early. Ahhhh.
Sunday I forced myself to get up early and go back to Porta Portese, determined this time to find some more hidden treasures amongst all of the junk! I again didn't buy anything, but ohhhh will I be back. Again. I know I'm in ancient Rome and all, but I really wish I was a good judge of whether things there are really antiques/worth anything or not. Oh well. Before leaving, I stopped at one of the food trucks in the flea market and got something that I thought would be similar to a burger- not quite. It was a sliver of undercooked meat of some type (probably not beef), which had just about as much mayonnaise and ketchup as it did meat, all on a terrible roll. I'm really missing good ol' American food variety.
I stopped by to say hi to the kitties at the Cat Sanctuary before getting on the bus back home. That's probably one of my favorite places in Rome.
Saturday I was a huge bum and slept all day. I went shopping again, cooked dinner, read a book, and went to bed early. Ahhhh.
Sunday I forced myself to get up early and go back to Porta Portese, determined this time to find some more hidden treasures amongst all of the junk! I again didn't buy anything, but ohhhh will I be back. Again. I know I'm in ancient Rome and all, but I really wish I was a good judge of whether things there are really antiques/worth anything or not. Oh well. Before leaving, I stopped at one of the food trucks in the flea market and got something that I thought would be similar to a burger- not quite. It was a sliver of undercooked meat of some type (probably not beef), which had just about as much mayonnaise and ketchup as it did meat, all on a terrible roll. I'm really missing good ol' American food variety.
I stopped by to say hi to the kitties at the Cat Sanctuary before getting on the bus back home. That's probably one of my favorite places in Rome.
On Friday I'll be off to the Fashion Capital of the World- Milan, so there should be plenty to write about and show in pictures next week.
Happy Valentine's Day!
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