Busy Two Days

Well good news and bad news. Good news is that the past two days have been super busy with lots of adventure. Bad news is that I'm not sure how to write about it all without dragging on! Well, I'll give a shortened version. Yesterday (well every Thursday), I didn't have class. Neither does Steve, so we decided that would be the day we go explore. We nervously rode the tram (we didn't pay) and walked to a pyramid and cemetery in Southern (?) Rome. The pyramid was under renovation so you couldn't see it all. But the cemetery (for non-Catholics who died in Rome) was beautiful and serene. I think it is one of my favorite places in Rome so far. Keats and Shelley are buried there. After that, we walked along the Tiber to a gorgeous view of the city, especially St. Peter's. Some more walking took us to the Pantheon. Very nice day.

Steve stepped in dog poo--yuck

the pyramid and the cemetery

The Protestant's Cemetery

Vittorio Emanuele Monument

St. Peter's

The Tiber

I got your nose!

Yesterday was very exciting. We booked spring break to...London!! Because Mumford falls during spring break, we couldn't do anything too long. We decided Monday to Saturday (my birthday, eek!) for our time in England. Should be a blast.

Today, I took a Bus2Alps tour to Naples. Bus2Alps is a company that specializes in taking study abroad students on planned trips to different European destinations. It is expensive (sometimes--like Megabus, if you book early, you pay less), but it takes all the work and worry out of planning. We just went to Naples for the day. It started out bad and ended bad. Almost everyone was late so we didn't leave until 8:20ish. And on the way back, two girls didn't show up and we left an hour later than our initial meeting time. What the heck. Anyway, besides the stupid people we traveled with, it was a good time and worth the money. We saw two castles, a church, and ate authentic Naples margherita pizza. Delicious. Also got stracciatella gelato. Yum. 

driveway

Flat Explorer in the piazza

Bay of Naples

me

my pizza