Day 3 - First Class Day in Rome

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Last night I woke up a few times but the sleep honestly wasn't that bad; and it's hard to get mad when the view out of your window is an adorable court yard. As expected I woke up way before my alarm, at like 4:30 am and 5:00 am but I was determined to stay in bed until I needed to get up so I would have energy for today. Our apartment people left at a couple of different times, so and Sarah left at around 7:50 to try and get coffee and a pastry before we meet up with the rest of our people for class. I was a little intimidated by walking around Prati and not knowing exactly how long it was going to take to reach the metro stop. But we got there fine and it was really cool seeing all the people walking around heading to class or work ex. I ordered a cappuccino for the first time and even though it was a mixture of English and Italian no one laughed or made fun of me, which for some reason is an expectation of mine that I have, because I am so bad at Italian. But I also like saying the little I know, it makes me feel more connected to the city and the people in it. The cappuccino was very, very good! Taking the bus was also easier than I expected and it was cool passing the Vatican and other historical sites on the way to our 'class room' for the morning. We visited the Forum Boaium Temples, Saint. Nicola in Carcere, and Circus Maximus. The history of those spots was interesting in accordance to the ever changing and moving Rome. The fact that those spots have stayed their, despite the environment of when they were built, but also permanence in an ever changing city. After class we walked around a lot ... a lot. We had lunch, which was really nice, getting to know more of the people on this trip. Then we made our way back to the accent center, which I was surprised at how much closer things are, I mean obviously it's still a lot of walking but, It was really manageable to get from basically the bottom of the heart of Rome all the way to the middle of Prati. We are back in the apartment now chilling after a long morning of walking. And will go get some groceries after a long deserved nap.