Group Walk

Yesterday, my group spent the entire morning going to one place on each of our group member's walks. The walks that we had to design incorporated places that were related to one of our themes on our blogs. We began our walk by going to the main street in Trastevere called Vle. di Trastevere which was one of Shane’s places. After that, we went to the Villa Doria Pamphilj which was one of my places. This is one of the largest public parks in Rome and is still owned by the Doria Pamphilj family. It was nice to see Romans exercising and walking their dogs. This is a side of Rome I have never seen before. After that, we got lunch at the Pantheon which was one of the things on Melissa's walk. We then went to a coffee shop that is famous for having the best expresso in Rome which was one of Alyssa's places. Finally, we ended at Giolittis which Hilary told us is the most famous gelateria in Rome. I was really happy with our walk today because I went to a few places that I probably would not go to normally. It was nice to see the things that my classmates have been experiencing during their time in Rome.

My Place

The third thing that I've decided to talk about for this blog is the place where I'm living, Santa Maria in Cappella. It's in Trastevere, which is one of the oldest sections of Rome. Also, my building specifically used to be a convent. There is still a room on the bottom floor that has a huge concrete vat that was used to wash clothes. And there's a huge picture of Jesus behind glass right next to it. I need to research this, but allegedly, this place owns the largest privately owned green area (our courtyard) in the city. Pretty nice : ) Pictures of my place will be coming soon!