i tried to post that yesterday at the school but the internet was FREAKING out so i couldn't and then the pictures didn't work today so i'm going to have to go back and fill them in.
anyways, real time: today's my last day in rome and i'm extremely sad :( definitely cried this morning on the bus on the way here and honestly feel like i could continue living this life for a long time to come. i just love everything about rome, the people the food the fashion the shoes! the men (so beautiful!) the language the art even the buses...everything. i will miss this city and this life so so much when i'm back in texas and eagerly await my next visit here (hopefully one that will last longer than this one!). like i said, i'll go back and fill in all of the missing gaps from the blog and i apologize for the sporadic and incomplete posts the past couple of weeks! shmer shmer l'estate di roma รจ stata veramente incredibile! love you all, thanks for following my life, and i'll be back soon :)
ciao tutti!
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
intensity
monday, june 21
[note: i'll fill in the story of the previous weekend later...i just feel like moving forward with the blog now!]
this day was very low key, met for professor biow's class at the school and discussed raphael (i almost forgot how much i LOVE him until we talked about his masterpieces in detail in class...love that guy). after class i went out to grab lunch and just walk around for a while, bought some BEAUTIFUL italian silk ties, had italian class and then just headed home. martina was over when i got there (always a pleasant surprise) and i just love that girl so much. i interviewed her for my italian class and she wants to be a veterinarian (i did at one point also...and she's left-handed!...so much in common - friend soulmates <3).
tuesday, june 22
class with antonella, lunch from our favorite italian supermarket (despar) and then off to the MUSEI VATICANI!! so much to see and take in and definitely emotionally (and physically) draining...sistine chapel, le stanze di raffaello (with the school of athens, among other masterpieces), the laocoon sculpture, paintings, statues, amazing art history overload galore. seeing the laocoon and apollo belvedere statues was incredible and walking through so many grandiose rooms packed-full of art was like a dream come true. and intense.
my favorite part of the museums were definitely the rooms by raphael, especially the school of athens. i stood in front of it for probably thirty minutes and then went back after the group left about two hours later for another thirty or forty-five minutes. it's just breathtakingly beautiful and detailed and a true marvel to see in person. standing, in awe, at the scale and beauty and fun and detail and movement on the school of athens is literally like nothing i've ever experienced before. i laughed (weird but there's a really funny detail of this guy pointing at and judging the figure of diogenes), i cried, i stared, i blinked, i got really really close to it and stood really far away, everything. just loved it and truly fell in love with raphael (mr. peavy, my high school art history teacher, would be proud). love you raph!
the sistine chapel, on the other hand, was an entirely different experience. it's one of those things that i'm glad i can say now "oh yeah, i've been to the sistine chapel" but was nothing like i expected. it was SO crowded and hot and generally uncomfortable, for me at least. i don't want to undermine how awe-inspiring it truly is, i couldn't take my eyes off of the last judgment, but i think some major changes need to be put in place in terms of how many people they let in at a time and the way the guards treat people and the lighting and yeah. enough complaining. I WAS AT THE SISTINE CHAPEL!!! woo.
after that we walked through the picture gallery of the vatican and saw some some leonardo's, more raphael, and a beautiful depiction of the garden of eden by wenzel peter. like i said before, i went back to look at the raphael's again after the group left, wanted to see a particular statue that was closed :( , bought some postcards, and made my way out. one minute i was there, one minute i wasn't. then it was raining and i was hungry :/ a very intense emotional day for me. then i went home and had a really intense discussion about homelessness and religion and life (all in italian! great success!) and then to sleep. quite a day.
[note: i'll fill in the story of the previous weekend later...i just feel like moving forward with the blog now!]
this day was very low key, met for professor biow's class at the school and discussed raphael (i almost forgot how much i LOVE him until we talked about his masterpieces in detail in class...love that guy). after class i went out to grab lunch and just walk around for a while, bought some BEAUTIFUL italian silk ties, had italian class and then just headed home. martina was over when i got there (always a pleasant surprise) and i just love that girl so much. i interviewed her for my italian class and she wants to be a veterinarian (i did at one point also...and she's left-handed!...so much in common - friend soulmates <3).
tuesday, june 22
class with antonella, lunch from our favorite italian supermarket (despar) and then off to the MUSEI VATICANI!! so much to see and take in and definitely emotionally (and physically) draining...sistine chapel, le stanze di raffaello (with the school of athens, among other masterpieces), the laocoon sculpture, paintings, statues, amazing art history overload galore. seeing the laocoon and apollo belvedere statues was incredible and walking through so many grandiose rooms packed-full of art was like a dream come true. and intense.
my favorite part of the museums were definitely the rooms by raphael, especially the school of athens. i stood in front of it for probably thirty minutes and then went back after the group left about two hours later for another thirty or forty-five minutes. it's just breathtakingly beautiful and detailed and a true marvel to see in person. standing, in awe, at the scale and beauty and fun and detail and movement on the school of athens is literally like nothing i've ever experienced before. i laughed (weird but there's a really funny detail of this guy pointing at and judging the figure of diogenes), i cried, i stared, i blinked, i got really really close to it and stood really far away, everything. just loved it and truly fell in love with raphael (mr. peavy, my high school art history teacher, would be proud). love you raph!
the sistine chapel, on the other hand, was an entirely different experience. it's one of those things that i'm glad i can say now "oh yeah, i've been to the sistine chapel" but was nothing like i expected. it was SO crowded and hot and generally uncomfortable, for me at least. i don't want to undermine how awe-inspiring it truly is, i couldn't take my eyes off of the last judgment, but i think some major changes need to be put in place in terms of how many people they let in at a time and the way the guards treat people and the lighting and yeah. enough complaining. I WAS AT THE SISTINE CHAPEL!!! woo.
after that we walked through the picture gallery of the vatican and saw some some leonardo's, more raphael, and a beautiful depiction of the garden of eden by wenzel peter. like i said before, i went back to look at the raphael's again after the group left, wanted to see a particular statue that was closed :( , bought some postcards, and made my way out. one minute i was there, one minute i wasn't. then it was raining and i was hungry :/ a very intense emotional day for me. then i went home and had a really intense discussion about homelessness and religion and life (all in italian! great success!) and then to sleep. quite a day.
Friday, July 2, 2010
picture update!
ok here's the rundown of the past week and a half or so in pictures!
weekend of june 18, un viaggio al sud! (a trip to the south)
pompeii (so freaking cool!)
petrified body of a pompeian caught in the eruption of vesuvius
some ruins
preserved interior of a typical pompeian home
how pompeian kids used to play hide and seek
weekend of june 18, un viaggio al sud! (a trip to the south)
pompeii (so freaking cool!)
petrified body of a pompeian caught in the eruption of vesuvius 
some ruins
preserved interior of a typical pompeian home
how pompeian kids used to play hide and seek
then off to sorrento!
a beautiful view of one of my favorite cities in italy!
the view from the delicious restaurant we ate at friday night in sorrento :)
true love
brianna and i hanging with the twelve-year-olds...pretending to be werewolves/vampires...shmer
a beautiful view of one of my favorite cities in italy!
the view from the delicious restaurant we ate at friday night in sorrento :)
true love
brianna and i hanging with the twelve-year-olds...pretending to be werewolves/vampires...shmer
sunday
napoli to visit the capodimonte museum then back to rome!
napoli to visit the capodimonte museum then back to rome!
capodimonte museum in napoli
overall a BEAUTIFUL weekend in the north;; sorrento is amazing! (honeymoon spot? i think yes!), wish we could have spent more time in napoli, delicious food and COOKIES, great laughs, great sun, salman rushdie, i love italy, more pictures and details to come!
overall a BEAUTIFUL weekend in the north;; sorrento is amazing! (honeymoon spot? i think yes!), wish we could have spent more time in napoli, delicious food and COOKIES, great laughs, great sun, salman rushdie, i love italy, more pictures and details to come!
hiiiii
hi everyone i'm so sorry i haven't updated the blog in such a long time! we've been crazy busy with school and church-seeing and everything else that i literally haven't had an hour to just sit and update! i might have time to update today but if not this may be the last entry before i head to switzerland, where (thank goodness!) my internet availability will infinitely improve and i can come back and fill in all the blanks :) i'm heading to lunch now to the BEST PANETERIA (bread shop) IN ROME that happens to be 100% KOSHER (yesssss) and then maybe back here to blog! if not, i will catch up as soon as i can! ciao ciao!
if nothing else i'll try to throw some pictures on here from the last week and a half so you can get a glimpse of what i've been up to!
if nothing else i'll try to throw some pictures on here from the last week and a half so you can get a glimpse of what i've been up to!
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