Week 12

Sorry to say it, but I did pretty much absolutely nothing all of Easter weekend. It turns out that we had the worst weather I've seen yet in Rome, the entire time. So instead of going to see the Pope I stayed in bed, cooked a little Easter brunch with the crew, caught up on sleep, watched movies and read. I'm gonna do my best to go see that dude before I leave Rome though- and my time is going away real fast.

As a matter of fact, there are a lot of things I haven't seen or done since I've been here that I will kick myself if I don't do.

1. I have not been to the Vatican yet. I know, I know.
   
2. I have not been INSIDE the Colosseum yet.
3. Various museums: Capital Line, Modern Art, etc.
4. I need to explore more in Trastevere/Testaccio, day and night.
5. I need to visit the Pantheon at least a few more times.
6. Gotta try traditional Roman food: oxtail and tripe.
7. Also hope to visit: Pompeii, Naples (for the pizza), Venice, Florence...
8. Go to mass/see the Pope.

Instead of doing sightseeing and things, I've again been occupied with a variety of tasks inside this week; communicating with a possible company to intern for, arranging interviews- interviewing Caterina Crepax for a paper due 4/8- writing a biography for my smart fortwo ad campaign from last semester that's being entered into TURF/CReWS back on main campus-painting-tweaking old ads-researching-taking photos...

Anyway, Monday. It was gross outside. We went for burgers at a place down the street. They were disgustingly huge burgers.


Tuesday and Wednesday= not much besides class, homework and other tasks.

Thursdays are usually good days because I have 2 on-site classes. I went to see an exhibit on speed & velocity (lots of cool old cars, bikes, etc) and an exhibit on Contemporary Chinese art. In the morning for digital imaging we went to a few areas and a photo exhibit on St. Peter's. Here are some detail shots I got around Piazza Navona, the Jewish ghetto and Trastevere.

in the ghetto



Trastevere

Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere.
Apparently there's a really awesome sponge somewhere inside.

More to come about my weekend. For now, here's a look at what a day is typically like for me in Rome. (it was this week's assignment for digital photo)

i hate waking up.

let the light in

gotta pee.

banana for breakfast

today i learned how to say
"I've just started running" in Italian.
Don't think I'll be needing that one.

blowdry the hair

try not to look scary

i'm a sloppy teeth-brusher.

take two: 8 inches of drool. cute.

take the stairs

gotta have tunes on the walk to school

seeing beautiful things - take nothing for granted

Rome's great drinking fountains

taking a break before class

studyin' hard

take the elevator up.
(who flipped the 3?)

dinner with the girls in our room
(i made shrimp and cous cous, they brought salad and wine)

a little ink painting

phone home & italian homework

"jammies" and a book

buonanotte a Roma.