The last two weeks have been busy busy busy. I dont know if I'll even have time to write about it all before I have class (at the Roman Forum...how cool is that). Candace and Katie visited two weekends ago from Cairo and Edinburgh. On Saturday, Candace and I went to Anzio, which is this little beach town about an hour away. The Americans landed there in WW2, and that's mostly what it's known for. We saw the beach and some surfers, but then it started raining, so we headed back to Rome, and I bought a lovely book in English. Overpriced, but sort of worth it. Going back to Barnes and Noble and having the entire store in my language is gonna be amazing.
Right before and after that weekend, I had three papers and a presentation due....so that's why I havent' written much. Last weekend I went on a field trip to Pompeii, which was AMAZING. Just being in the south first of all was great; it was warm and sunny the whole weekend. There were lemon and orange trees everywhere, and to top it all off, we stayed at this sweet hotel overlooking the water in Sorrento.
Even though we didn't get to climb Mt. Vesuvius, the trip was great. The ruins at Pompeii are so well-preserved that you can actually tell what they once were, as opposed to Rome where a rock represents an old temple. They also had the plaster molds of people who died in the eruption...some of them even had teeth. And did you know that only 10% of the population of Pompeii died in the eruption? I thought it was most of the town, but nope.
On Sunday we went to Herculaneum, which was also destroyed in 79 AD. It's more intact, but less of it is excavated. That was pretty neat too; even the top floors of some buildings were preserved.
Yesterday was Liberation Day (when Italy was freed from Mussolini and the Nazis). I went to the Vatican for the Pope's audience in the morning. I actually saw him this time! He was zipping around on the Pope Mobile. Then Joe and I went to Villa Borghese (a huge park by the Spanish Steps). We found a pond where you can rent rowboats. There were tons of families there because of the holiday, but we waited in line for one anyway.
Other good things: we got internet in the apartment yesterday! And the school paid for it! It is quite nice not to have a 25 minute trip just to check email. I also finished my last paper of the semester this morning. Soo...I am hanging out and booking hostels and flights till finals!
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whats the deal? no posting ever again?
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