Blogs from Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe - page 304

A week and a bit in Rome, Testachio, Ponza Island on mopeds and sailing the Tyrrhenian Sea with Dan, Sohom and Ant. Stills captured forever with the fantastic technology of disposable cameras... pics below...... read more

Well, Chris and I have made it to Rome. Due to our lack of forward thinking while we were enjoying ourselves at the wedding, we ended up in Rome around 2:30pm with no bed to sleep in. The first place we encountered were full, so they called another place for us. Being that we were not in a position to be choosy, we took the two beds they offered at Hotel Positano. Well, needless to say, there was one bathroom with sink, toilet and shower with a cockeyed shower curtain and rod nearly falling off the wall. Our door didn't seem to lock quite right (which we of course brought up with our hotel manager who said he'd get on it). Anyway, we fled our hotel in search of our friend Lauren. We then proceeded to ... read more

Ciao, Today I visited Villa Borghese, everything in it is in the same condition that the fouding family left it in.  So you get to see all kind of statues and paintings were originally grouped together.  It was very intresting to look at Bernini's sulpture, as compared to the ones at St Peters.  I most enjoyed the ones that looked as if he caught a moment, as the same way we do in photographs.  The hair that is flying in the wind, the tears that actually look as if they are falling down her face and the contrast between how skin and clothing is chisseled away.  They look as if they could breath themselves.  It is facinating to me to see something that looks so real and know that it is only done in stone.  http://www.galleriaborghese.it/borghese/en/edefault.htm ... read more

Ciao, So this blog ends the last of my school entries!!!! I am excited to get away from the whole school thing and the aquentinces that come with it. We had our last dinner tonight, listening to the students who are graduating trying to justify why they have gotten smashed pratically every night over the whole months we have been traveling together gets a little old. The whole we are graduating and do not have a care in the world ... this could not be a better time in life than right now. I wonder how they would know that, they could not manage to stay sober during field trips to places they had never been and might not be back to. But here nor there we all took our experiences away for the trip. I ... read more

Ciao,   Well studio has kicked into full gear. Needless to say I have not been able to post much and I am going to let you know how it turned out.    As mom and dad, especially Jasmyn is aware.  When studio is in session there is not much else that happens.  Especially in this case.   My two partners are on opposite schedules as I am.  I work best early in the morning and get things done in a timely fashion.  They like to work late at night and at studio.  It is more of a social event for them than a working session.  One of them smoke like a chimney, which could explain the cough I have developed since moving into the apartment.  My two partners are also roommates next door. But the situation ... read more