Italian time: 3:55PM ( Read more... )

Monday: We went to the Keats-Shelley house, as already stated. Found my camera, enjoyed wonderful gelato from a place called Della Palma. I don't really remember much beyond that; I think it was a pretty easy day ( Read more... )

Today we went to the Roman Forum, the Palatine Hill, and the Colosseum all in about 3-4 hours, in direct sunlight and probably 87+ degrees Fahrenheit. We also randomly found a submarine in a building with brick interior. We're pretty sure it was some sort of naval museum, but it was still strange to walk in on that. Also, point of interest to ( Read more... )

You can finally see my wonderful apartment.

For some reason, LJ's "insert image" thing isn't working much at all, sooo..linkage to the Photobucket albums, which are probably much better organized.

Here are pictures of the apartment, and the area it is located in.

Pictures of the Pantheon. I'm standing in front of the column outside, the picture ( Read more... )

Thursday was a bit horrendous, because I was still a bit jet-lagged and we walked for miles in the sun. We all met at the Pantheon at 9AM and went to the Adrian temple, a few churches (from one of which most of us got kicked out of because we hadn't been forewarned and thus not dressed according to the dress code), Piazza del Popollo, and the ( Read more... )

Finished my first day in Rome; since I got here at 7AM Rome time, I consider that a full day here and thus official ( Read more... )

50 Books in a Year Update:
( What I Have Read )

I have a paper due tomorrow for Chaucer which I've only just begun researching for, since I know my habits and knew I wouldn't be able to focus on it until around this time. I've still gotten a headstart on the paper, though, since I came into it knowing what topic I wanted to write about, which I've never done before. Unfortunately, after about ( Read more... )

....but the study abroad kinda nixes that. Still ( Read more... )

.....to have everything come together ( Read more... )