so....everyone went on the Umbria trip today...except me! so, i was going to take my chance, and make this a productive day, and sit in Campo d' Fiore with my D50 during the market hours and "people watch". however, it decided that it wanted to rain today. i was also going to go to the Pantheon, or the Spanish Steps, and find an artsore. however, due to the rain, no go. also, i wanted to nip into some shops to find some cheap, collage material. instead, i start a little adventure from the LdM, and head in the general direction of Rione Monte (the Three Hills) and somehow get lost from the street where i wanted to be. but i could still see the Wedding Cake (the Capitoline Hill), so i figured that i wasn't too out of range from my familiarities. so i keep on walking, and end up at a church that we visited on like our 2nd day here in Rome. so, i'm like..."oh goodie! i sort of think i know where i'm at!" so i keep walking in the direction that i was heading, go through a nice little park, then i just end up totally lost! so i just start walking, and it starts raining (it hadn't rained up to this point yet, when i mentioned earlier in the post about the rain, it had just been forecasted at that point), and raining pretty hard too. so i get out my map, and i just totally can't figure out where the hell i'm at, so, once again, i just start walking! after walking through some interesting parts, where grafiti had decorated some of the buildings (don't worry, i didn't go through any shady, or creepy spots or alleyways!) i was starting to get worried that i was really lost, and plus, i didn't have a watch on, and my pants and shoes were just drenched from all the rain and puddles, thankfully, i at least did have an umbrella with me! but all of the sudden, i pop out into this one section, and i'm at the Lateran! and, if it weren't for the fact that Kim, our Italian language teacher had just brought us to that area the other day for class, i wouldn't have had the faintest idea of where i was at! but, i'm sure that from there i probably could've gotten home! so i quickly and cautiously hopped on the underground to go to San Pietro (oh yea, the "metro lines" aka public transportation here supposedly on strike today, but luckily for me, the underground was still running!) and got back safely home! i was sooo happy to see the top of San Pietro! and when i got back, it was only noon! so i had been walking for only about 3 hrs or so! overall, i had a very nice walk!
but, let's backtrack a little now. last week, the LdM took those of us who signed up on a "into the wild" trip,where we went to this wildlife reserve and practically hiked halfway up a mountain! but, here are some pictures! they probably would've been up sometime last week, however, i accidentally left my small camera on the bus on the way back! and i (very, very, very fortuneately) just got it back today!!!!
At the beginning of the trip, Rachael had found this orange on the bus! we don't know where it came from, but it was just randomly there! so she picked it up, and carried it with her the whole time. she just looks very triumphant and proud of herself for finding this thing!
Aww...Rachael just loves that orange!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment