Hi everyone!
Im sorry for not posting in Rome at all! I couldnt find internet anywhere and I found out they have it right in our hotel lobby...
Well, everything has been amazing. I have been to the Colleseum, a really cool park next to the Medici Palace, the Pantheon, and yesterday we went to a really great Museum in the Borghese Palace with some of the greatest sculptures I have seen. I have a new appreciation for Bernini, he really makes the sculptures look alive and real, giving different skin textures and everything. This morning a couple of people went to the service in St. Peters in the Vatican, and it was amazing. I sat right next to Berninis 97 foot tall Baldachinno and listened to an entire service in Italian. Theat building is the biggest church in the world! After the service we went outside on the square and saw the Pope speaking on the screens because he is on vaction somewhere.
We also went in the Vatican and saw the Sistine Chapel and the School of Athens painting.
Also, yesterday, I was out with some friends to get some gelato, and I realized that I had been in the exact gelato shop when I went to Europe in high school. It was really weird and cool, because I remember being in there with my friend Arjun so long ago, it brought back a lot of memories from that trip.
Other than seeing everything around Rome and eating gelatos all day, I have been playing a lot of guitar and people have been singing and playing, its really fun. And I realized that I have tons of movies and tv shows (thanks Matt) so we just watched Office Space a couple of nights ago and have been watching friends and house. Its great and relaxing. The weather is all over the place here, with lighting and thunder, then the next day is sunny and really beautiful.
Our hotel is great and I am rooming with all the guys again. Its great being with all of these people, because I am really becoming close with basically everyone on the trip, and I am learning a lot about myself too. I realized that going on this trip was really one of my best decisions. We leave for Vienna on Tuesday, and I hope there is internet so that people will actually have something to look at on here! I have tons of pictures, I found out yesterday I have taken over 2500 already, so that will be fun to look through.
I miss everyone, and I hope everything is good back home! :)
Songs of the Week
James Taylor- Fire and Rain
Simon and Garfunkel- Homeward Bound
Steely Dan songs!
French Word of the Week
Je Taime- I love you (thanks to John haha)
and sorry for no pictures or music, defnintely cant get that on thest computers in the lobby hah.
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Ha ha. Thanks for the post, you nincompoop. Thanks to my hourly surveillance of your classmates' blogs, I could have told you there was internet in the lobby about a week ago. All you had to do was ask!
ReplyDeleteJe t'aime aussi, mon fils. By the way, what's the french word for naïve? Did you walk through the lobby this week? Did you think maybe the people in the lobby of a hotel might be able to provide you with information on Internet access? Okay, well, I'll tell you that only one of your classmates posted a blog entry from Rome, so you're still one of the best bloggers out there, haha. I'm glad you're playing a lot of guitar music. Sounds like everybody is really happy that you bought it. Don't forget to backup your photos (on the hard drive and on flickr). Have fun in Austria. Thanks again for the post.
Hey Scott - buy some strings! i bet scott knows how to put them on! there has to be at least one store in Rome that sells guitar strings - even if they don't have internet! We all miss you tell - tell everyone I say hi!
ReplyDeleteMmmm Rome~ how exciting :)
ReplyDeletei cant wait for the pictures :)
ReplyDeleteand your guitar skills when you get back....
stop watching movies go discover!!
Upload your photos on Flickr. Now.
ReplyDeleteVienna waits for you.
ReplyDeleteScott - Glad you're loving Rome, man, what a city. Gelato tastes much better in Italy than anywhere else... Looking forward to hearing all about what you've done in Vienna. Go to Julius Meinl grocery, and of course, see lots of ART.
ReplyDeleteScott! your trip sounds amazing, sorry I havn't been able to keep up with the blog as much. Internet isn't that accessible in Tanzania, ha. I'm glad that you are getting close with everyone and having a blast. Keep livin it up! Tell everyone I said hi. Miss you man!
ReplyDeleteBrad