Catacombs!

Ahhh I am so happy it is finally my turn to brag about what the heck we have been doing here in Rome. In fact I am so happy and eager to do this that I am keeping myself awake at the current time of 3:06 in the morning to do my duty. However, retarded- in the most offensive way to autistic people possible- this me sound of me, it is unlikely that this course of action will make me any later to class than I would be if I went to bed before writing this.

We took the bus to the catacombs. People who pay for bus tickets are suckers. I really enjoyed the morning in the dank dense tunnels beneath the outskirts of Rome. Personally, well not really personally because I think everyone here agrees with me, that tour guide we had made our day. He was one of the funniest people I have ever met.

I really apreciated seeing the paintings preservered by the dirty filled tombs though. Even though jesus and Mary apeared only as two blobs on a peice of wall you can already really tell that their features are based on speculation. Oh yeah I also saw some bones. Really I think they should have left the bones out in the open downthere. They said that they were moved to keep them out of tourists' reach. You know what no tourist i have ever met wouldpic up a peice of calcium that used to be inside another person's pelvis. Thats just weird. Yeah those few bones I saw were gross as heck.

I think my day was made even better though by the army of elementary school kids who happened to visit the tombs with us today. There were apparently about a hundred of them but I think there were at least 117. I think I will have at least that many kids. I just liked how awe inspiring they made me feel. Sure I'm insecure and savor every bit of praise I get even if it’s from someone under half my age. But really I was glad to see children exposed to that sort of history at an early age. Of course they do not understand the full import of what those rocky crevices represent- I mean I wouldn't have fully appreciated the catacombs until probably this year- so they obviously won't comprehend. However, I still like that experience today.

Man that seems so long ago; I could have sworn that we went to the catacombs yesterday as I was pondering in preparation of the blog. But I guess that is only true because I took a nap before Italian and made it to that class early as well. After Italian class we forced Conner to make us all dinner which was quite satisfactory. Then we made Erika do the dishes. Later I went out and bought a cannoli and some gelato. Buona notte.