The Eternal City

I've been in Rome for 4 days now, and it has been great. We've been all over the city already and seen so many things, except the pope. This being my second time in Rome, I am much more relaxed and enjoying myself a lot more. It's been a lot of fun in a large group. There are 18 of us and 2 professors. Honestly, it's like have two personal tour guides take us around the city. "Class" is held in different parts of the city and we are given sketching assignments that we complete in an hour or so. I attached a coupe time lapse videos of those sketching projects. So far it doesn't feel much like school, but when we get to Vincenza that will change. Our days have been starting at 8am, and we normally get back to the hotel at 9pm. The food has been so good, and the gelato is even better. We've discovered Grom, a gelateria, that has some great gelato. My favorite combination is a scoop of coffee and one of caramel. 

I've been putting my Italian that I learned last quarter to good use, although every time I use it, the response is always in English. Apparently my pronunciation is not that good. Last night I came home, and asked for our room key in Italian. I asked for room venti quatro. I was very proud of myself and was given the key. When I got the key I realized I had asked for 24, not 34. So I had to correct myself, so today I was determined not to make the same mistake. So today I said trienta quatro. The front desk kept saying something else and I said no and repeated myself. This went on several times, until I realized he was correcting my pronunciation. Hopefully tomorrow I can pull it off flawlessly.