{"id":3000,"date":"2012-09-10T14:54:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T19:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2012-09-10T14:54:53","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T19:54:53","slug":"roman-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/goglobal\/?p=3000","title":{"rendered":"Roman Around!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow! My apologies for not posting recently, we haven\u2019t taken a break since we arrived! From classes to the Orientation Trip it\u2019s been a crazy week and a half! I\u2019ll post more this week to get you caught up on all the happenings of Rome!<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s rewind a little first. The first week\/weekend we were here all the JForcers were excited to get out and explore the city and get to know our home for the next 4 months.<\/p>\n

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The day after we arrived the SLAs set up a picture scavenger hunt for us with instructions such as \u201c<\/span>Take a Picture Praying in Front of St. Peter\u2019s\u201d or “Take a Picture with the Carabineri (the police).\u201d \u00a0It forced us to learn\u00a0how to navigate the city (with a LOT of help from some extremely\u00a0nice Italians) and do some quick\u00a0sightseeing. What a blast! We didn\u2019t win (we ended up with 25 points and the winners had 53!) but it was absolutely a blast. That night and Friday night we then went down by the Tiber River where tents were sent up with shopping and food and drink. The city becomes even more alive at night (if that\u2019s possible) and it was so much fun to be out with tourists and locals, while checking out all the Italian street fashion.<\/p>\n

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\n\"\"<\/a>Saturday, then, we started out bright and early to see the Colosseum and Roman Forum. Stepping inside, seeing how expansive it was and how much history has happened inside its walls…wow. It was overwhelming. Everywhere you turned, especially in the Roman Forum, you discovered another piece of history. Professor Evers briefed us before going on some major things to look for, like the Arch of Titus and Basilica of Maxentius, but even with all they told us we knew we were seeing more than we could ever comprehend. Luckily, I\u2019m in Art in Rome this semester and we\u2019re going back to the Roman Forum on Wednesday to study even more of the architecture and art found in it. I can\u2019t wait!
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\nSaturday night then a bunch of us went to Trastevere, a neighborhood across the Tiber with fabulous shops and restaurants and wonderful little side streets to discover. We tried some fantastic cheap Italian food like suppli, a deep fried rice, meat, and cheese. Delicious! \u00a0I think I felt most Roman while we were sitting on the steps in the main piazza, eating suppli and sipping on a Peroni, the main beer in Rome. Watching the people, enjoying the company and just slowing down and taking it all in, it was perfect. \"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The next day we all hopped on the bus and traveled to Maccarese Beach. Although it was rainy and overcast most of us still braved the water and jumped straight into the Mediterranean Sea. It was cold, but worth it! We ended the day with a fabulous seafood buffet with fresh FRESH seafood pasta, pizza, and deep fried veggies and fish. We were all stuffed by the end of it, and were ready to head back to campus and rest up till classes began the next day!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wow! My apologies for not posting recently, we haven\u2019t taken a break since we arrived! From classes to the Orientation Trip it\u2019s been a crazy week and a half! I\u2019ll post more this week to get you caught up on all the happenings of Rome! Let\u2019s rewind a little first. The first week\/weekend we were … <\/p>\n

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