Today, Thursday, was one of the more uneventful days in Rome. (Everything fun and recreational happens on the weekends, and our art history class has visits Roman monuments every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. This leaves Tuesday and Thursday to be filled with indoor classes on migration/markets and Islam/Italian cities. Even though these classes take up the majority of the day, their topics are very interesting to study as a lot of the material taught in these classes overlap with one another. Themes of memory, unification, and governmental failure reoccur in our daily readings and class discussion.
I have come to love the UW Rome Center. Students study on the third floor and it has become my new home—sort of like how Odegaard Library was there for me last quarter at UW. I study much better at the center than at my apartment because of the noise reduction. The center is very airy and has great balcony views of the city. The design of the roof terraces and church domes in the skyline resonate with the city's architectural themes. The scenery just makes you want to stop and stare.
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| Balcony view on a sunny evening. |
I'm glad that you found your little niche in Rome with a nice view. =P I still can't believe your course load! Is it strange to see nice blue skies rather than clouds like in Seattle? =P OH, HOW ARE THE STARS AT NIGHT!? There's so much light pollution in Seattle, so I was just wondering, is the night sky pretty? =P
ReplyDelete:) that's awesome just thinking about how you've found somewhere in ROME that is your little place to study.
ReplyDeleteWell seems like you found a good place to get some quiet and get some work done well looking out at a good view.
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