I love Thursdays. I have my best classes on Thursdays. (Luckily this week Friday is a make up day for the Thursday we miss for Thanksgiving, so I have two Thursdays this week. In a row nonetheless!)
My on site class is amazing. I love it so much. It really epitomizes why I chose Rome as my study abroad location. I toyed with the idea of England or Ireland, and even Sicily, but when it boiled down to it what better place to study the Classics than Rome? In "Ancient Rome and its Monuments" I get to walk around one a week for three hours just looking at the remains of Rome, and learn about them in that context. It is such a unique experience and I love it so much. My professor is awesome, and we get along nicely. But it is such a fantastic class and I am so glad I get to take it. I get to study Rome not just from a textbook or a photo, but in person walking around each monument and really getting to see it.
Then I also have Literature and Society of Ancient Rome which is an amazing class. My professor is so smart, I could listen to him all day. The two classes, along with Roman history, really compliment each other nicely. Everything I learn is getting really enforced by my other classes, and I can reference my discussions from one in the other.
Today in Ancient Rome and its Monuments we went to the Capitoline Museum and did a tour of the Triumphal Temples. Yesterday we walked all over the Palatine Hill and Forum Valley. I am so dusty from walking around outside, my jeans and shoes are much grayer than they were on Wednesday, but I love it.
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