Pictures From Our Nightwalk

This should be worth 5,000 words, so 'nuff said.

Coliseum

Yep...saw the Coliseum yesterday. Pretty excellent - the whole area is just jam-packed with historical ruins, statues and all other amazing architecture. We may hit up the forum today if I can find anyone healthy enough to make the trip. People are starting to get pretty worn down. It's a pretty fast-paced city, especially when we don't have any structure yet. With classes starting on Monday though, things should slow down a bit and become slightly more manageable. Enjoy the pics.

We Eat Pizza Everyday

But it's pretty damn great. Today we got up and headed over to the Spanish Steppes...some historical fountain (the name escapes me) and a church. Tonight, we go out on the town!

Getting Acclimated

Howdy...today, I walked around the city...A LOT. Mike, John and I got up and (after I ran) made a huge loop around a good part of the city. Beautiful, scenic stuff. Tomorrow hopefully we will hit up the Coliseum after our AUR Orientation.

Music: In Heavy Rotation

Kelly Hogan - "Because It Feel Good" (2001)

Very soulful stuff - sort of Neko Case with a more classic, R&B twist.

I'll be getting more into the new Ray Davies album to review for the Diamondback, on casual listening so far though, pretty solid stuff.

RIP Heath Ledger

Just got the news...what a bloody waste. Apparently his post-production work was finished on The Dark Knight, so the Joker will be the full, final Ledger performance.

In Rome!

After a long day of travel - I'm fucking here (here being Rome)! The apartment is great (pictures to follow) and we have a nice view from the balcony. I've already had my first piece of Italian pizza - they don't screw around here, it gets weighed out by the lb. Walked around the city a bit with a few of my roommates - so far, all 5 of us in the apartment of Univ. of Md. guys. I haven't met the two other guys, they've been asleep since I came in. A few early observations: it's going to be tough to run around the streets, not impossible, just a bit difficult. The school is about 20-25 mins. walk from the apartment, so we may have to bus ourselves over (I'm going to try to walk once I figure out how exactly to do that). We will be heading over there tomorrow to register for our permits to stay. There's a possibility that we'll head over to the school tonight for a little walking tour of where to go and shop and all that - but it may be held tomorrow night as well, so that might be the better night considering how jet-lagged everyone is. That's really it for now...enjoy the brief apartment tour!