Sunny day

The day began just as any other- with my mad rush out the door in the attepmt not to be left behind. Luckily we were all there before we started walking to the bus Station. The plan was to take a bus to the metro station, so we could have some legitimate Italian urban experiences, and then continue on to the Esquilino Market. Now I had on the night before resolved to never buy a bus ticket. I mean, in my extended years of experience, about 3 weeks, with Roman public transportation I had decided that I understood the system well enough to cheat it. Now at this time I had forgotten although it maybe easy to sneak onto a bus without a ticket it is impossible to do so on the Subway, so after a minor freak out I conformed and bought a ticket on the way. I concider that one stop ride on the subway the least economically efficient experience of my life. Perhaps I exagerate; really the ticket was only one Euro...whatever.

The Market turned out to be much cheaper than the daily Market outside our appartment at the Campo. I will now continue my mercato experience with a series of sentence fragments for Artistic effect. 6 onions for 60 cents. The bloodiest oranges ever. Bartering. Derek's new trendy coat. pig feet. pig butts. pig heads. tupperware! the colors of the rainbow in flower form. Back to the conventions of the English language.

From then on we had a bit of a writing assignemnt. We talked about our feelings. That was probably one of the more riveting experiences of my life. Class ended and we were conviniently 2 miles away from te Campo. Mick, Teo, Gulia, Steph, and I decided that we would be superior "travelers" and instead of taking the bus back we decided to walk. I feel like that was one of my more enjoyable walks since I've been here. First of all it was finaly sunny. That just put me in a good mood for the rest of the day.

Then we had Art History. And that was also one of the more enjoyable classes I've had so far. I mean we were giving way more than one word answers. I felt very Intelligent. The arch of Titus is mostly a reconstruction and the arch of Constantine is mostly made up from other things other people made. From there we went to see the Church of St. Clemente and its 3 levels. very exicting.