Hey y'all -
My presentation went really well! It was more like Isis story-time than anything else. :) Haha, Isis was pretty legit, and she got mixed up in a lot of crazy stories. (Seriously, if you get bored this summer, look her up. She makes me laugh.)
Anyway, all we have left for school are two finals tomorrow afternoon. And then class is over. I'm so sad - I can't believe that my peers are leaving Roma as early as tomorrow.
BUT, on the other hand, I'm so excited to see Mom, Kim, and Chris!
Oh, I finally got stamps for the postcards that I wrote my first weekend here! So, I'll mail those off either tomorrow or Sunday. :)
Ciao bellas,
Ashley
Thursday, June 25, 2009
I saw dead people.
Hey y'all -
Last night was great! I went with some people (Alex, Kristin, Vicki, Stephen, David, Chris, Meagan) to Da Baffeto Pizzaria, and then we went to Frigidarium for gelato. It was delicious - and we had a great waiter. Well, he started out really funny. Then, he got borderline a little too friendly with Alex. Poor girl. Haha, it was really fun, though! And so yummy.
After gelato, we hung out at Piazza Navona for a bit. It's still pretty cool that I can randomly go hang out at Piazza Navona in Roma, Italia. :)
We walked back past the Pantheon to the boys' apartment, where we just hung out for a while. We played games, chatted, and I got the most amazing back massage of my life. Which was awesome because my back is tired from all the walking of the past month. :) Yay for cobbled streets!
Today, we met up at Barberini metro stop with KG. It was our last class day today. So sad. Anyway, we went to go see Jewish Catacombs first. KG got us special permission to visit them - they were on private property in the middle of the beautiful Italian country. Anyway, they were really, really creepy. I mean, they were fun. But they were creepy, too. There were so many spaces where the dead used to be placed - I was terrified a dead body was going to pop out every time I rounded a corner. After like ten minutes of initial freaking out, I calmed down and started to enjoy the experience a lot. There was still some wall decor up, and that was really cool to see. Oh, and it was freezing down in the catacombs. Also, lots and lots of menorahs.
After the Jewish Catacombs, we went to go see the Christian Catacombs. These were public - the San Callisto Catacombs. It was a completely different experience - much less creepy. There were so many people in our tour that we were just kind of herded like cattle. Not as cool of an experience since it wasn't as creepy and scary. :)
Class was done around 1, so I went back to my apartment to shower and finish preparing for my presentation on Isis and the Virgin Mary - about to happen in a few minutes. I did some reading for class, and we're at the AIRC right now about to have a discussion.
We have finals tomorrow - then the program is over. We have a goodbye dinner tomorrow night, but I'm not ready to say goodbye to everyone!
I'm glad I'll be staying in Roma for an extra week! Thank goodness!
I get to see family in two days! So exciting!
Gotta go - class is about to start!
Ciao,
Ashley
Last night was great! I went with some people (Alex, Kristin, Vicki, Stephen, David, Chris, Meagan) to Da Baffeto Pizzaria, and then we went to Frigidarium for gelato. It was delicious - and we had a great waiter. Well, he started out really funny. Then, he got borderline a little too friendly with Alex. Poor girl. Haha, it was really fun, though! And so yummy.
After gelato, we hung out at Piazza Navona for a bit. It's still pretty cool that I can randomly go hang out at Piazza Navona in Roma, Italia. :)
We walked back past the Pantheon to the boys' apartment, where we just hung out for a while. We played games, chatted, and I got the most amazing back massage of my life. Which was awesome because my back is tired from all the walking of the past month. :) Yay for cobbled streets!
Today, we met up at Barberini metro stop with KG. It was our last class day today. So sad. Anyway, we went to go see Jewish Catacombs first. KG got us special permission to visit them - they were on private property in the middle of the beautiful Italian country. Anyway, they were really, really creepy. I mean, they were fun. But they were creepy, too. There were so many spaces where the dead used to be placed - I was terrified a dead body was going to pop out every time I rounded a corner. After like ten minutes of initial freaking out, I calmed down and started to enjoy the experience a lot. There was still some wall decor up, and that was really cool to see. Oh, and it was freezing down in the catacombs. Also, lots and lots of menorahs.
After the Jewish Catacombs, we went to go see the Christian Catacombs. These were public - the San Callisto Catacombs. It was a completely different experience - much less creepy. There were so many people in our tour that we were just kind of herded like cattle. Not as cool of an experience since it wasn't as creepy and scary. :)
Class was done around 1, so I went back to my apartment to shower and finish preparing for my presentation on Isis and the Virgin Mary - about to happen in a few minutes. I did some reading for class, and we're at the AIRC right now about to have a discussion.
We have finals tomorrow - then the program is over. We have a goodbye dinner tomorrow night, but I'm not ready to say goodbye to everyone!
I'm glad I'll be staying in Roma for an extra week! Thank goodness!
I get to see family in two days! So exciting!
Gotta go - class is about to start!
Ciao,
Ashley
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