Last Week...

So I never really covered what did in Rome last week (before Orvieto): 

Monday was a normal class day. It was annoying to have to go back to school after discovering summer (not just spring) vacation for a week. Kim and I walked to class though which was really nice. That's my favorite part about Mondays. I had a photography field study at Piazza Navona and the Pantheon. It's nice to have class be three hours outside with a camera. I think it would be better though if one week he told us to go anywhere and take pictures that way when we had las discussions on them, they wouldn't all be the same photos. After classes, there was an olive oil tasting class organized by Jordan and his internship at Slow Food. I am so jealous of that internship. I would have been awesome at it. The lecture part was OK, I learned about olives and re-learned about Slow Food. Then we got to taste two different kinds of oil and eat lots of olives. Next week, tomorrow actually, is salami and cheese! 

Tuesday was internship and Italian class. In Italian we had to write a "What I did during my vacation" essay. Half the class went on vacation together though so all of the were about the same things. That night, Kim, Will, and I went out to Scholar's Irish Pub for the first time. It is a favorite place for the stereotypical American students so we tend to avoid it. We decided to go and actually had a lot of fun because it was Karaoke night. I never thought I would ever do karaoke, but the three of us got on stage and sang a song together! 

Wednesday I had two field studies. The politics one was at the crisis aid department of the Foreign Ministry. It was one of the more interesting studies we had had for that class so far.  We had to meet way up by Flaminio, right next to the giant Mussolini obelisk. While we were waiting there, a bus full of middle school looking kids drove by and they all leaned out and shouted "Baaaastardo!!!" at it. My other field study was at the Colosseum!! I've been here for more than 2 months and that was the first time I went in. It was incredible. It's one of the easiest ruins to really imagine what it would have looked like. I love it. After class, Kim and I went and sat Tiber Island in the sun which was really nice. Then we went and met my friend Tyler from Princeton High School who was here in Rome for the week looking for a job. 

Thursday I had more internship. They always send me home earlier than I need to. When I tell them I can stay a few hours longer, they always say "Why bother! Go enjoy yourself." It's nice life attitude but not really a good one for the work place. That night, Sarah and Sonia cooked dinner for us all. Sarah made a spinach and ricotta pizza thing and brie and berry tartlets. Sonia made some lemony meatballs.