when in Rome

We arrived in Rome and found our way to the Campo de Fiori, where Kate is living with about 20 other architecture students for the spring semester. She actually lives on the square... her bedroom window overlooks the market below. We stayed in a hotel that was about 2 blocks from her apartment. Her studio classes are held in a building that is also on the square so the door to her studio is just a few steps away from where she lives.

We played tourist Sunday and rode around Rome on one of those busses without a top. On Monday we toured the Vatican while Kate had class at the Pantheon and a few other places. At dinner she told us all about what she learned about the Pantheon... how it was constructed... the miracles of the design and the ‘mistakes’ in the construction. It was pretty fascinating stuff ... so after dinner and the mini-lesson, it was off to visit the Pantheon at night when it was all lit up and truly beautiful (mistakes and all).

On the last night there, we brought pizza to the gang for dinner and said our goodbyes....