American Academy, Paolo and Adam

Hey beautiful people -

After midterms, we all headed back to the boys' apartment where we watched part of the Dark Night. I had forgotten almost all of the movie, and it was really good to see it again. Such a great movie! I miss Heath Ledger.

Oh, Alex and I ate strawberries and Nutella. It was so delicious.

Then, we all parted ways to get ready for dinner at the American Academy. We got all dressed up, and then we walked over to the Victor Emmanuel Monument near the AIRC to catch the bus to Trastevere. We met up with KG and a friend of his, and, after a bus ride, we walked a few blocks to the American Academy. The AA had such a fabulous view of Rome from the roof - we all got really cute pictures. :) (To be posted soon...)

Dinner was pretty good - the company was the best part, for sure. After dinner, we all went with KG to get some good gelato from a place that last year's group recommended. It was yummy. Then, we walked all the way home. I played a card game with Alex, Vicki, Harvey, Stephen, and Apu, and then we all headed to bed.

I woke up pretty early to take a shower. Then, Meagan and I headed out for cappuccinos and internet before meeting for class. The class thought we'd be able to go into the Forum of Augustus, but it turns out that we're doing that (maybe) on Thursday. We went to the AIRC to have a brief lecture, and then we headed to the Pantheon. I absolutely love the Pantheon. It's a fabulous, beautiful place. After the Pantheon, we rode a bus to Circus Maximus. KG taught us about that for a little, and then we took the metro home.

It was really, really hot today. The metro did not smell very pleasant. But, oh well. It's in Rome, after all.

After getting back to our apartments, some of us went to go get pizza from next door. Then, I worked on editing my papers, and then I went to go see Paolo and Adam!

I really need to get to bed, so I'm going to tell y'all about the rest of my wonderful day when I get some time tomorrow.

I hope everyone is having a great week!

Ciao,
Ashley

PS - Papers for the week done! Only one more paper and one more exam for my two classes left! :)