unfortunately there were parts of this week that would be better described as "the worst week ever," but overall it was wonderful. the less exciting parts of the last two weeks include a huge project due the day before thanksgiving, and a cumulative art history final on thanksgiving day. the excitement began november 20 when peter arrived to rome. i worked religiously on my schoolwork before he arrived, although it was hard to focus with so much anticipation. peter traveled with lauri, a friend of one of my good friends in studio, and they arrived late friday night. we went out to dinner, even though peter and lauri were pretty exhausted. the following morning we began our day with coffee and a tour through rome to see my favorite sites which include the following: campo di fiori, pizza place in campo di fiori, the pantheon, trevi fountain, and my favorite gelato place, palma della roma. oh yea, we went to the argentine ruins as well, but they don't qualify as a favorite. for dinner we went to my favorite aperitivo place called Freni e Frizioni.
sunday a we lounged around rome and relaxed, later peter and i went to get groceries so that we could finally cook together again.
on monday i had to attend class and get some work done, but peter was able to go to see some other monuments while i was busy. later that afternoon we went to see mussolini's square colosseum, EUR. the building itself is so beautiful and idealistic, however, we were not able to get great photos because it is surrounded with gates. evidently they are renovating parts of it, so its blocked off completely. later we joined some friends and hung out to celebrate one of my roommates' birthday.
tuesday was a wonderful day spent together. peter and i went to the vatican museums and inside st. peter's basilica. we also ventured up the 551 stairs to the cupola of the enormous dome. the sight of rome from this vantage point was phenomenal and definitely worth the five euro and major leg soreness. we spent the entire day at the vatican museums and we saw amazing works such as, the laocoon, the raphel rooms, the sistine chapel, mummies, and the belvedere torso. we were pretty worn out after a day full of history, but we cooked a great meal afterward which is always relaxing.
wednesday was the day that my huge project was due for studio class. i finished on time, because i had worked ahead prior, but i still had to go to studio for jury and later to study for art history. i spent most of the day at studio, but it was nice to have peter drop in once in a while to say hello.
the following morning, after i had crammed all that i could cram, i pouted for a bit because it was thanksgiving day, and took my art history final. once that was out of the way, peter and i toured the inside of the colosseum. although i would normally be at home prepping food for thanksgiving, i reminded myself that it was pretty special that i could spend this thanksgiving at the colosseum with peter. with the help of my roommates, peter and i had a memorable thanksgiving dinner as well. we cooked a ton of food and we were all super full after the meal.
friday was great because i didn't have school to worry about, and we visited several other monuments in rome. we went to piazza navona, villa borghese gardens, piazza del popolo, the roman forum, and vittorio emanuele.
thus ends part one of best week ever....the rest is to be continued.
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