Week One.

Since I didn't really blog about Tues-Fri of week one... here's a list of things we did or what I thought:

Tuesday:

• We visited the Joel Nafuma Refugee Center at St. Paul's Church.
• First time riding a bus in Italy. I'm always a good person and good my bus ticket stamped even though it seems like no one ever checks... beats a 100 euro fine.
• Father Michael gave us an orientation on what the refugee center does and the types of people that end up there. He does funny impressions. So does Brandon. XD
• Emily's Birthday!
• Gelato at Giolitti's! We sang her happy birthday and a random guy near us started singing too.
• Back to our apartment for drinks!
• Capaccino shot glasses
• I learned a lot of new, iiiiiiiiinteresting things about people. And vice versa. =O

Wednesday:

Visit to the Ara Pacis and the Pantheon

• Shurui and Kristen present
• I liked the Ara Pacis. It seems so white and pure. A lot of it is missing though, which is sad.
• The pantheon looks like this big, crumbly dome from the outside, but the inside is amazingly beautiful and perfect.
• There's a huge round oculus at the top that's the only light source. Apparently it's 9 meters in diameter.
• When it rains through the oculus the water leaves through drains in the floor. I want to come here next time it rains.
• Also, there were seagulls flying in circles in the pantheon because they came in through the oculus and got stuck?

Thursday:

• Resat's class - 1500 years of Italian history. 2 hours. intense.
• Pretty much: Roman Empire, Communes & City States, Renaissance, Unification, Fascism, Now.
• Went to the Insalate (salad) place for lunch. Most amazing, huge salads ever. ( I just got really hungry writing this) I want t try as many of their salads as possible.
• Kathie's class - talked about different kinds of refugees
• Dinner - random pizzeria for a huge 3 euro pizza, all to myself =O

Friday:

• Saw Trajan's Column and Forum
• Saw Michelangelo's 'Moses'. I like this one alot. The statues seem so... perfect. Talked about the emotions in his face and the way he was pulling his beard was as if he was about to get up and break the tablets.
• Saw Michelangelo's 'Risen Christ'. Lots of art historians think this is michelangelo's worst work because christ has a huge badonkadonk. But that's cuz people tend to view him from the right because that's where his face is. If you view him how he was meant to be viewed, he's looking away and his figure looks very slim. It almost seems like a different statue. I like this one alot too. But the Pieta is still my favorite Michelangelo's work... although I miiiiight get to see the David this weekend, when we go to Florence.

That's all folks! *I always think of the really old bugs bunny episodes when I say this*