A Week of Classes

So school has finally started, but the hardest part of my week is done by every Tuesday evening! We have early (and long) classes, but I’m glad that we are done fairly early each day. Monday I am taking Analysis (9am-12), which is a combination of an art history and theory class.  Then at 1pm I have studio for four hours. Tuesday is Cartography (9am-12), which is map reading and learning the history of Rome through the changes. In the afternoon I have Italian for 2 hours with only three other people. Because it’s such a small class, it’s very relaxed and informal. My teacher is absolutely hilarious, and I have a feeling it’s going to be a good class! Wednesday I only have studio, which is four hours long. On Thursdays, I have Cartography class again from 9-12 and then I am done for the week by Thursday at noon!

Being here for ten days before class started was absolutely perfect, but it was tough to remember that we’d be starting classes soon. The first week of class flew by though, and I’d have to say it was quite enjoyable!

It’s just so hard to believe that everyday I pass various ruins and the Pantheon on my way to class! (Quite different sights from McLanahans and the usual College Ave homeless man on my daily commute back home at school…) In between classes on Tuesday I didn't want to go home for the 2.5 hours break, so I had packed a lunch and just walked around before heading to Piazza Navona. Well actually, I planned on going straight to Piazza Navona, but got quite mixed up in direction and added a twenty minute stroll to my walk… Not to worry though, it was fun to see the part of the city I ended up wandering through! After looking at all the watercolors of the vendors set up in the piazza, I sat down and had lunch in the sun. From where I was sitting it was so peaceful to listen to the sounds of Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers and the indistinct chattering of multiple languages from various tourists! It felt good to be on my own and enjoying the simple peace of the city in a piazza that is two thousand years old! 

Sacred Ruins that we pass every day on our way to class (amongst many others!)