What a busy and blustery day!
The morning was spent on a trip to the Roman Forum and the Colosseum. Mick enlightened us with the ideals and founding of the early Roman Empire on our trip to the forum. Seeing all of the ancient ruins gave me an opportunity to picture how glorious and majestic many of the buildings used to be and it showed the immense manpower required to erect these enormous monuments. It gave me an idea of the scale of the Roman Empire, and the undeniable power that the empire possessed during this period of time.
We then ventured over to the Colosseum where Alexis explained the former uses of the monument and what it still represents today. I have seen many photos of the structure, but none of them do it justice. It is impossible to portray the sheer size and aura present when walking through the building after learning about what it was used for. We discussed the contradictions in the concept of the Colosseum and whether or not it would be popular today. Due to inclement weather (it was windy, rainy, and just plain cold!), we unfortunately had to cancel our picnic on the Palatine Hill.
But on the bright side, we had a very informative Italian class later that afternoon. We left class with the ability to confidently communicate our name, how to spell it, where we are from, our phone number, address, how to order food, count to twenty, AND say what month it is! You never know, maybe we will all be close to fluent by the end of the quarter! J Tomorrow we are talking about migration issues with Julie and Conner will tell us about Augustus’s rise to power.
Ciao!
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