we started off this week having class with professor biow actually in a classroom as opposed to touring sites around rome, beginning with lessons on michelangelo. i was SO tired and could not keep my eyes open in biow's class or class with antonella...soooooo i took a nap at the school after class! it was beautiful :) then i walked around the jewish ghetto, the area in which our school is located, ate at a KOSHER deli (woo woo! finally some meat!) and went into a myriad of unique and amazing shops around the area. after walking around for some time, i actually met up with brianna at a park near the school to study and then we went to an irish pub for dinner and to watch the italy vs. paraguay soccer match on tv. i don't really care about soccer that much but it was a fun experience nonetheless (and a free dinner..yes please!).
tuesday, june 15
class was pretty uneventful but afterwards brianna and i went to the galleria doria phamphilj, a papal palace that is actually still resided in by the family (so cool!). it is a BEAUTIFUL palace and literally covered, from floor to ceiling, in every room, with paintings and paintings and more paintings and some other paintings. when we studied imperial palaces and lavish interior decoration in art history i always scoffed at it for being gaudy and overly-fanciful and (can i say it?) ugly...but being inside that palace, especially the intricately decorated ballroom, transformed my entire perception of spaces like that. the beauty in the details is just overwhelming (in the best way possible!) and i'm amazed and incredibly jealous that people used to inhabit spaces like the palazzo doria pamphilj...wow wow wow. however, the number of paintings all over the place was kind of overwhelming and it was hard to really internalize or see the beauty in any one piece, but instead i basically just gawked over the beauty of the space as a whole. there is a diego velazquez portrait there that was AMAZING and the true gem of the galleria and brianna and i were awed by a small, yet still beautiful, pastoral scene by peter brueghel. it was a great time in a magnificent palace and overall a great day!
brianna snuck a picture of me in the galleria, (free) audioguide, water bottle, and trusty blue guide rome in hand!
wednesday, june 16
class was the same 'ol same 'ol but brianna and i grabbed lunch at despar, an italian chain supermarket, that is super cheap and super delicious! a heaping slice of potato and rosemary pizza for less than 2 euros? MORE PLEASE! we love despar now woo woo! after class, the entire group went to see a movie called la nostra vita at a genuine italian movie theater and it was a great experience. even though i didn't understand what was going on more than half of time, i did pick up some words and phrases and when it was over, understood the general plot and definitely liked the movie (i want to watch it again with subtitles! it really was a fantastic and beautiful movie). i CANNOT WAIT til i can sit through an italian movie and actually understand it...new goal. that night, ilaria made a noteworthy dinner of potato and onion frittata, homemade pesto (um delicious?) with pasta, bread, cheese, vegetables - the works. it was SO DELICIOUS. yay ilaria and italian cooking and italian movies! great day.
thursday, june 17
class, lunch, class. after class brianna and i hung out at the school for a little bit then ran into two guys from the program and grabbed gelato at this great little place near our school. after that, brianna and i sat at the bulldog inn, a pub near our school with FREE WIFI which is rare in rome. our waitress was a little strange and after being there for almost half an hour told us we had to order a drink to stay, which was fine because i wanted a caffe anyway. so i ordered an iced coffee, delicious. then she told brianna that she had to order something also, so brianna just said "i'll have the same thing". THIRTY MINUTES LATER the waitress brings brianna a drink that looks nothing like mine, in a much smaller glass that costs a euro more than mine...EXCUSE ME, WHAT???? only in rome...
so after that experience, brianna and i met up with professor biow's daughter simone (22 years old), his son david (12 years old) and his friend antonio (also 12 years old) ... weird mix, i know; don't judge ... and went to a great little restaurant for our own personal wine tasting accompanied by delicious bread and all kinds of italian cheeses (one smelled like feet, but it's va bene). it was a super fun experience and then i went home to pack for the weekend trip to pompeii, sorrento and napoli!
overall it was a seemingly uneventful but thoroughly enjoyable week in rome.
class was the same 'ol same 'ol but brianna and i grabbed lunch at despar, an italian chain supermarket, that is super cheap and super delicious! a heaping slice of potato and rosemary pizza for less than 2 euros? MORE PLEASE! we love despar now woo woo! after class, the entire group went to see a movie called la nostra vita at a genuine italian movie theater and it was a great experience. even though i didn't understand what was going on more than half of time, i did pick up some words and phrases and when it was over, understood the general plot and definitely liked the movie (i want to watch it again with subtitles! it really was a fantastic and beautiful movie). i CANNOT WAIT til i can sit through an italian movie and actually understand it...new goal. that night, ilaria made a noteworthy dinner of potato and onion frittata, homemade pesto (um delicious?) with pasta, bread, cheese, vegetables - the works. it was SO DELICIOUS. yay ilaria and italian cooking and italian movies! great day.
thursday, june 17
class, lunch, class. after class brianna and i hung out at the school for a little bit then ran into two guys from the program and grabbed gelato at this great little place near our school. after that, brianna and i sat at the bulldog inn, a pub near our school with FREE WIFI which is rare in rome. our waitress was a little strange and after being there for almost half an hour told us we had to order a drink to stay, which was fine because i wanted a caffe anyway. so i ordered an iced coffee, delicious. then she told brianna that she had to order something also, so brianna just said "i'll have the same thing". THIRTY MINUTES LATER the waitress brings brianna a drink that looks nothing like mine, in a much smaller glass that costs a euro more than mine...EXCUSE ME, WHAT???? only in rome...
so after that experience, brianna and i met up with professor biow's daughter simone (22 years old), his son david (12 years old) and his friend antonio (also 12 years old) ... weird mix, i know; don't judge ... and went to a great little restaurant for our own personal wine tasting accompanied by delicious bread and all kinds of italian cheeses (one smelled like feet, but it's va bene). it was a super fun experience and then i went home to pack for the weekend trip to pompeii, sorrento and napoli!
overall it was a seemingly uneventful but thoroughly enjoyable week in rome.
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