This was a whirlwind day consisting of a walking tour throughout Roma. I could go through and try to list all the historic sites and tourist attractions, but each in its time will come to occupy its own whole blog. Important lessons from the day included:
-Trastevere, the historic Jewish quarter, is absolutely beautiful and romantic and must be returned to with a lover before I take my vows as a nun. (On a related note to that life plan, someone or other has been keeping a quotation book for our shenanigans of minute-to-minute hilarity on the ground, of which it is difficult to give an appropriate picture in this blog, and once I track down this holy manuscript I will begin posting it.)
-Fruit from Italian markets is molto economico and delicious, but only if you be sure you are purchasing true Italian fruit and not those nasty imported imposters from Spain.
-Our Professors are quite taken with gelato and everything about it.
-The pigeons (I reiterate urgently) have no fear.
-Despite all the hamming it up that Roman Ancient, Rennaissance, and Baroque art and architecture have done, Medieval churches are biding their time in the sidelines until they rise up and challenge the world with their rich histories and fascinating artwork.
-One never wants to be in prison in Italia.
After our tour, we were set loose about the city, a privilege which most of us reacted to by immediately eating and sleeping. I also returned to the inescapable grandeur of Castel Sant'Angelo, after stocking up at the negozio di alimentari, and accomplished some serious soul-searching, adorable Italian child-creeping, and playground appreciation. After this, and of course an extremely studious bout of studiousness for our upcoming courses of a most studious nature that involved Facebook in no way whatsoever, we learned that Trevi fountain is beyond gorgeous after dark, and also magical. Throw your coin in over your shoulder and wishes will come true.
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