Day 5: Tuesday
What a contrast from yesterday. We woke up bright and early at 7:30am for class. We were relieved to find we had wireless in the classroom, otherwise we weren’t sure how to survive a three hour class. Surprisingly it wasn’t that bad. I did end up uploading my pictures from yesterday to facebook, but I also paid attention. Tobin Craig is just so excited about what he’s talking about that he does a good job of keeping your attention. He literally bounces off his feet when he's really into it. It's adorable. At one point he even used the map of Ancient Rome in the front of his Livy book to tell us where to meet tomorrow. We also had a 15 minute break in the “middle” of class which was really after two hours. That's James Madison College. After class Elli and I went to the hotel to see if they had my tennis shoes that I left there. Sadly they didn’t, so my feet are going to have to tough it out. We’ve been through worse (dance competitions, walking through all of Paris in two days, kicking in the commons area for dance team in high school), so I think they'll survive. After that we immediately went home and did as the Romans do: Siesta! We made lunch, which was delicious scrambled eggs with ham and cheese. Then we made our way over to the Trastevere train station, which is two tram stops away, so Elli could buy her tickets for Spain this weekend and so we could figure out how to buy tickets for Naples! When we got home it was time to chill: upload pictures, post on the blog, catch up on some reading, and, most importantly, nap. We did that from about 3:00 to 8:00, when we were starving and decided to make the tortellini and tomato sauce we bought. It was good, but Elli made fun of me for picking out the veggies. We cooked dinner while dancing around and blasting That’s Amore. After dinner I skyped Jordan FINALLY for about 45 minutes, and then it was time to wind down for the night and shower and clean up and get ready for bed. Tomorrow is going to be the day of all days. Hopefully my feet will survive. I’m dressing blatantly American tomorrow with shorts and everything because we’ll be in the touristy areas all day, so who cares?! Time to go to bed…perhaps read for class…I guess there’s that whole “study” part of this being abroad.
What a contrast from yesterday. We woke up bright and early at 7:30am for class. We were relieved to find we had wireless in the classroom, otherwise we weren’t sure how to survive a three hour class. Surprisingly it wasn’t that bad. I did end up uploading my pictures from yesterday to facebook, but I also paid attention. Tobin Craig is just so excited about what he’s talking about that he does a good job of keeping your attention. He literally bounces off his feet when he's really into it. It's adorable. At one point he even used the map of Ancient Rome in the front of his Livy book to tell us where to meet tomorrow. We also had a 15 minute break in the “middle” of class which was really after two hours. That's James Madison College. After class Elli and I went to the hotel to see if they had my tennis shoes that I left there. Sadly they didn’t, so my feet are going to have to tough it out. We’ve been through worse (dance competitions, walking through all of Paris in two days, kicking in the commons area for dance team in high school), so I think they'll survive. After that we immediately went home and did as the Romans do: Siesta! We made lunch, which was delicious scrambled eggs with ham and cheese. Then we made our way over to the Trastevere train station, which is two tram stops away, so Elli could buy her tickets for Spain this weekend and so we could figure out how to buy tickets for Naples! When we got home it was time to chill: upload pictures, post on the blog, catch up on some reading, and, most importantly, nap. We did that from about 3:00 to 8:00, when we were starving and decided to make the tortellini and tomato sauce we bought. It was good, but Elli made fun of me for picking out the veggies. We cooked dinner while dancing around and blasting That’s Amore. After dinner I skyped Jordan FINALLY for about 45 minutes, and then it was time to wind down for the night and shower and clean up and get ready for bed. Tomorrow is going to be the day of all days. Hopefully my feet will survive. I’m dressing blatantly American tomorrow with shorts and everything because we’ll be in the touristy areas all day, so who cares?! Time to go to bed…perhaps read for class…I guess there’s that whole “study” part of this being abroad.
