Blogs from Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe - page 305

We drove down throught Italy to Pereto, a small mountain town outside of Rome. The drive was really amazing. We drove through the Alps, then through fields of olives, and then by Florence. We didn't actually stop in Florence, but we could see the city from the Autostrada. We also saw the Prada factory!! Pereto is beautiful!!!! It is what you would think of as a typical Italian town. It was very small, and all of the streets were only big enough for one car. If you met someone along a road, one of you had to back up and pull off on another street. Plus, its at the top of a mountain, so the roads were very steep. Once again, I'm glad I wasn't driving. For the next few days we toured Rome. We saw ... read more

http://www.wearethefuture.com/events_concert.html Ciao Buongiorno, This was the concert and it started on local italian time, whenever they wanted to start it. So it began around seven not 6:00. But it is funny how the culture differs. If you would have said the same concert in America, people would have been camping out over night to make sure they had good seats. Not the case here. I wondered down about 5:00 and the very front of the stage was not even close to full. So I made myself at home in the incredible standing room I had. Which got smaller and smaller as the night went on. I last till 9:45 and wondered my way home. It was interesting. It was not as well organzied as the Primo Maggio concert, but they have been doing that one for ... read more

Ciao Today we day tripped to Tivoli, yes it is a tourist trap. The Villa we went to go see was litterlay at the end of a dead end street that pooled the people into a space so they could go not where else except into the Villa or buy from the vendors. Then it was off to Villa Farnese which was close ot Tivoli. But we were excorted through the villa by the gaurd. Seems they excort everyone to make sure you do not take any pics. Also to make sure you are out in a certain amont of time. The frescos were incredible. The most intresting room was the room at the end. They had done maps on the wall of what they felt the world was like. They used maps from the explores, ... read more

Buonasera, Well this is suppose to be the start of our long weekend. I say suppose to be becasue we were given our new assignment and have our independant project to do. So free is relative ... lol To give a clue our next group project is of St Ivo, which is one of the Baroque Masterpiece churches and by my favorite architect of that time period Borromini, San Carlo @ Fountains is also his. My all time favorite building of this time periond. The recent visit we took to it confirms this. So what we need to do is document this church with original photos ... becasue we know so much more than the professors and historians who have already documented it and put the info on the web for us.... along with digrams and ... read more

After a long train ride from Geneva to Rome, our whole travel study group disembarked at the main train station in Rome and walked to our Hostel. Suitcases and all, the 20+ members of our group snaked for about an hour though various roads, getting lost a few times and wearing ourselves out after a busy day. Considering the situation, we did arrive at our hostel in a decent amount of time. We grabbed dinner at a unique restaurant close to the Spanish Steps, complete with pay-per minute internet at the table. After that, we were tired and decided to kill the last of the Swiss beer from Geneva. Our little rooms at the Salvation Army guest house were not super large, barely enough for bags and two people. Breakfast was a joke, but good news ... read more