Classes...and Food
Classes seem to be going ok so far. I am trying to keep up with my readings and I have already started my outlines already. Yep, that's right, I have started my outlines already instead of waiting until the last week. I figured since there are only four weeks of classes and this week is almost already over, I really need to get things way ahead.
Oh, I said that I would tell about my visit to the Roman forum yesterday. It was really amazing to see. I got up early and got down to the Coliseum so that I was there before any of the crowds were there. I walked all the way around the Coliseum and took a lot of pictures. Some of them are posted below. After seeing the Coliseum, I walked around the Forum and looked at it and took pictures. Eventually, I went inside the Forum and walked around. What is really cool about the Forum is that they let you walk around the ruins. This means that I was actually standing in the Roman Forum on the Via Sacra. All of the places that I studies for so long were all around me and I was standing on one of the two most famous roads in Rome. It was an amazing experience. I got to see a lot of ruins that I remember studying about. I got to see the Rostra, a reconstruction of the Curia, and the Temple of Vesta. It was also really cool to see the Palentine hill with the emperors palace on it. For those of you who do not know, Rome was supposably founded on that hill by Romulus. You could walk up to the top of the Palentine and overlook the Forum but I didn't do that yesterday. It cost money and I just didn't have enough time that morning to walk up and stay there long enough to really appreciate the view and the history.
Last night, James, Matt, and I went out to eat. It was a pretty good restaurant. What I have to get used to here is that you order to meals. You usually first order a pasta meal and the a meat dish. Now it sounds like a lot of food, and it is, but it really isn't too bad. Plus all the walking that i am doing hopefully is allowing me to get into a little better shape.
Tomorrow marks me being abroad for a full week. It is already starting to feel like this trip is going to fly right by but I still have a lot more things to do and a lot more things to see. And then you add my readings on top of it. Speaking of things to do, James, Matt, and I are going to Sorrento this weekend after our school trip to Pompey. We are getting in with the guide for our trip of Friday in Pompey so that he might take us to see some new Villas that they just discovered by Pompey. We are also going to go to Herculaneum and hike up Mount Vesuvius. Plus, we are going to hang out at the beach for an afternoon. (And just for you Matt, I am staying at a Hostel in Sorrento this weekend)
posted by Attakid8 @ 11:34 AM
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