Field Trips!

The End of a Great Week and the Start of our Second Week in Rome!

After a great first week in Rome, the group was looking forward to some much needed rest and their own personal explorations of the city. Today a few of the group members embarked on another adventure with Deb as they explored the Capitoline Museum here in Rome. Located at the top of Capitoline Hill in Piazza del Campidoglio, the museum is home to unique art pieces and various sculptures. The group that joined Deb can be seen below and in her words they are the “Capitoline Museum Warriors.” They were also able to see bits and pieces of the colossal Nero statue which is where the colosseum gets its name!

As group members went off on their own adventures today, Cecelia and I did as well. Being that it is Sunday, and our group dispersed, we’ve found it difficult to summarize everyone’s day, so we decided to summarize ours. We started the day with our first ever experience at a laundromat. Although we’ve been doing our own laundry for years, we quickly lost confidence in our abilities. All of the directions were in Italian and the process was a bit unusual. We were able to use non-verbal communication with another customer to figure it out. However, much to our mother’s dismay we mixed our dark and light laundry and washed them on hot…caldo does not mean cold. Here is a picture of us waiting for our laundry and trying to catch up on assignments.

After that Olivia and I had an unforgettable experience making our own homemade pasta and tiramisu. For the great price of $50 USD, we were able to make homemade ravioli, fettucine, and tiramisu (not sure I can mention the wine and limoncello). The teacher was an amazing woman with great stories and advice. We wholeheartedly recommend this experience.