the first weekend....

so we had class on friday. missed the games, but its ok. im understanding more and more of what she is saying in every class, so its good.

saturday we went to rome. had this really long tour all over the city. we went to the vatican first and went into st. peter's basillica. i finally saw michelangelo's la pieta. amazing. did you know that he started that sculpture when he was 23 and finished it when he was 24. unbelievable. it was cool seeing a lot of the art that ive studied in school. from there we took a bus to the roman forum. and the colesseum. i actually know all about it and can tell my parents what everythign was used for back in the day. it wasnt as erie being there t his time. maybe cuz i was with a big tour and it was really sunny and hot out and lots of people were there....then we finally ate. at like 5. long day with out much food. i was getting a lil dizzy. then we went to this church saint peter in chains. it had the chains that peter (supposedly) when he was arrested after Jesus's death. and it had a huge michelangelo sculpture of moses. and there was some service going on in there, an dyou walk in and these people are singing and these paintings and things. it was amazing.

we were headed to the Trevi Fountain after that (which I absolutely love for some reason) and the Pantheon (which kim is obsessed with) but the two of us were the only ones not staying overnight and had to catch the train home. we didnt end up doing much. tea at Neno's place. but we saw our friends, an dtwo of of them were cousins and their grandfather died, so sad. so nobody really did anything in the town cuz they all know each other, and it was really depressing. yesterday we slept in - and missed a blessing of some horses and a parade! but we met the italian cowboys at lunch. so funny. and the guy that owns the restaurant that we get free food at absolutely loves kim and i now. and so do the hotel people. they had a festival last night. kim got a gigabyte memory card for her camera for like 20 bucks. and we almost bought some chipmunks. then dinner. it was funny. they put a plate of anitpasto in front of me......but it was all sorts of fish! there were clearly tentacles from lil octopus on my plate. nasty...i couldnt eat it. steph ate my shrimp, i did try a piece of bread with salmon on it....and gagged. so gross....but hey, at least im trying new things. the owner of the restaurant is always putting things in front of me to try. he's crazy. i ordered chicken, he gives me steak. tells me to eat more than pasta and chicken. lol.

so today we have class and we have a movie later. hopefully it will be a good one.

we're gonna try to get to the hot springs this week...and this town thats a lil ways away. we have to liek take a bus to one town, an dthen another one to another town, and then walk. its like up on a hill and its called like the town of the dead cuz you cant get there by car, so the peopl ewho live there that get sick, cant get the medicine they really need or something cuz the cars cant get thru. but we saw pictures and it looks really cool. small, almost a ghost town. and its constantly misty for liek no apparent reason.

so thats really all thats new. after rome it we had a lot of down time which was good, finally over the jetlag. refreshed and ready for the next week :-)