Roman Fairytale

School started today. On our last night of not being bound by books and classes, a group of us went to one of the highest points in Roma to watch the sun set over Vatican City. Set it did- and the sky was washed with the most gorgeous tones of orange and coral-y pinks. The cyprus trees and umbrella pines turned into silhouettes and it was just really really cool. We stopped at Old Bridge on the way home, hung out for a bit, and crashed. This morning at 8,30am a group of us left for the Guarini campus in Trastevere.... a 45 minute walk. This morning, though, it took a bit longer- because it is officially September. Italy's nationally mandated vacation month (hint hint United States) is August, meaning that Roma, Firenze, Milano, and all other major cittá italiane are ghost towns (relatively speaking) during the month of August. True story. The Romans came home today and the city was way more packed with (gorgeous) businessmen in their (beautiful) Italian suits. I had my first class (Baroque Rome and its Monuments) which apparently is an on-site class (this I did not know, but hey- it's going to be AWESOME). So this class meets once a week for 3 hours at a different location every week. Guess where next week's class meets? Oh..... MVSEI VATICANI! As in.... the Sistine Chapel. The Sistine Chapel is a little different from Sargento Family Auditorium aka Jordan 105.. But so yea, after my class I went with Nick, John, and Joe to Pizza Art, an al forno pizza place with beautiful focaccia piled really high with the best toppings I've ever seen on pizzas. Wandered for awhile around centro storico via back roads. I visited Campo dei Fiori, Via Giulia, and finally ventured into the Pantheon neighborhood and of course made it to Giolitti's (visciola, mirtillo, pera). La vita é bella..