Monday, January 11, 2010

Adventures #2

Nightime Sight-Seeing





St Peters Basilica is breathtaking. And it spawned one of the most interesting conversations I've ever had on catholicism and faith in general... Erika even convinced me to read A Mere Christianity.




The Pantheon inspired an entirely different emotion. At night, it looked ominous and eerie and there were homeless people sleeping in the shadows. I look forward to seeing it in the day.




Gelato! Definitely worthy of mention. It was amazing --just don't get the lemon flavor unless you want your entire mouth to pucker up !



Our Italian friends took us ice-skating between Castel Saint Angelo and the Tigris River. Minus the uncomfortable ice skates, it was very fun !


Daytime:

We saw a demonstration on the street near the Jewish Ghetto today. The man telling us about it only spoke French so I helped translate. I was surprised how well I understood him and was able to respond! Coming to Rome has revived my love of languages and my desire to learn as many as I can !

Ciao!

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