Days 10 and 11
Monday was a usual school day, Italian in
the morning with Art History in the afternoon. We learned about
Michelangelo in Art and talked over the schedule of events for our weekend in
Florence!
Tuesday, after our History class, we took
our first quiz in Human Rehabilitation Studies (HRS). The quiz explored
the main ideas surrounding Human services. This class is unique because
it gives us a break from the classes based in history such as art, history and
Catholicism. While I love all my classes, the break allows our minds to
switch to a different way of thinking and also allows us to notice things on
excursions that normally would not have pointed out to us.
After lunch,
all of the students ventured to the Basilica which the smaller group stumbled
upon on Saturday which happened to be the Arch basilica of St. John Lateran
also known as the Cathedral of Rome. This was the first legal church in
Rome and serves as the only Cathedral because it holds the chair of the bishop
of Rome, who happens to be the Pope. Next to the Basilica is an obelisk
which is the oldest man-made object in Rome because it was taken from ancient
Egypt. It also happens to be the largest standing ancient Egyptian
obelisk in the world and weighs 455 tons. I would strongly recommend anyone
traveling in Rome to walk inside the Basilica and around to the obelisk and the
baptistery not for religious purposes but simply to enjoy the site itself.
For more information and a glimpse at the
inside: http://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche/san_giovanni/vr_tour/index-en.html.
Word of the Day:
10: Guided Tour- visita guidata
11: chair-sedia
Place of the Day:
10: Roma, Italia
11: Basilica San Giovanni, Basilica of St.
John Lateran, Roma, Italia
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