Michigan State University: Classical Republicanism in Rome and Florence, Italy, Summer, 2011

Friday, July 15

I'm back!

Day 34: Wednesday
I'm doing my best to remember what happened from memory, and I'm aware that these posts are long and no one is going to read them.
We failed at waking up to go see the sunrise, and instead I woke up around 11am. We had to get ready for class though, unfortunately, because we had the EU guest lecturer again, and I paid attention even less than last time. I don’t remember anything about his lecture. During break I went to the cafĂ© down the street and got delicious penne pasta for only 4 euro. Then we were supposed to have three group presentations on EU articles we were supposed to read, but we only got through one, and Petrie held us over 20 minutes having discussion. I was so pissed. For the rest of the day I sat around and tried to read and write until dinner time. After dinner I went out to Old Stove with Mike to meet up with Breanne, Sarah, Don, Andrew, Chris, and Chris’s girlfriend Paige who was visiting after just finishing her study abroad. They got into a discussion about politics and started being all Republican, and Mike and I just exchanged looks from across the table. Eventually everyone else except me and Mike and Chris, but Elli joined us. Chris didn’t stay long though, and we didn’t stay long after. The three of us walked around the bapistry because I hadn’t seen the Gates of Paradise up close yet, and then we walked back, and I got to talk to Jordan before bed.