This morning I went to Rome's center for the first time to meet my class at the Mcdonald's in Piazza della Repubblica (Republic Square) before heading over to the National Museum of Rome (Museo Nazionale Romano). I ordered a cappuccino e pane al cioccolato for €1,80 (seems like a deal to me). Now, this Mcdonald's had an upstairs, and a downstairs with three different sections to order- one for breakfast drinks and pastries (Seemed to me like a bakery not a Mickey's), then around the corner you could order everything else (including kiwi on a stick). The ticket for the museum was €7 and good for three days in three other museums besides that one.
During this class, I learned how to interpret which era a statue was made. Statues were first sculpted as soldiers of perfect-booty'd men...eventually they put heads of either the rich, emperors, or important men...on these stiff statues. Soon they developed the 'naturale look' which consisted of statues with a bent knee, more comfortable looking than a guard look. However, they still had still-staring off-to-nothing faces on these types of bodies. Later artists began to put facial expressions on the statues. Naked and perfectly chizzled men began to have face wrinkles..or at least more related looking faces compared to the perfect cheekbone, noses, and jawline.I learned how to detect who the statue is by the features (thick and curly hair like Apollo or big ears for Augustus)
All marble statues are sadly not guaranteed (90% of the time) the original work. They were all bronze once but either at the time they needed the bronze for i.e war tools. Artists duplicated with marble but would revise the original because bronze is able to stand up by itself but marble needs assistence in balance (this is why there's a leg leaning against a tree stump most of the time).
When I came back, my roommates Libby and Daniella decided to walk around because it was such a beautiful day out. We discovered downtown Trestevere.
Ate at a famous known cannoli cafe called Ciuri Ciuri
Got €10 black boots until I find my perfect pair.
Went to school to print off my ticket for CARNEVALE DI VENEZIA
Few hours later, Libby and I went to Via Del Corso to find a shop. <Unsuccessful. HOWEVER we walked to the end and found Roma Carnevale-kid style. We were pleasantly surprised to see horses, jesters, clowns on stilts, mini muppet/puppet shows etc. As I was goo goo eyed over a magician throwing his fire balls in the air Romans were goo-goo eyed over us.. These guys wanted to take a picture of us...on Libbys phone (how does that work?)
As we laughed about it on our escape back to meet our roommate Nicole for dinner I made eye contact w a group of five bello itianos. When i told lib to turn around and check them out they just happened to look back. Tehehe ohmygoodness. Looks weren't enough for two of them as they turned around to catch up to us. ...of course they didn't know English but bene, si, grazie, and non capisco works enough for us.. They ended up taking us to gelateria bar. Feeding us vini bianco e chips (potatoe but I wasn't able to try cuz lib was being hand fed them!), bruschetta, and stomach egg and mayo no crust sandwiches. They were 21 and 23- artists who fell in love too quickly. As i was relaxed, enjoying this comical experience and a free glass of wine, I look over at Libby and she is giving me the death glare. Her man wanted to live back in the states with her and the storlies..., "molto rapido" Libby told him. Ha! Even though we were already late for our dinner plans we still had an excuse to ditch these new lovers. As they walked us down a ways on via del corso, they held out hands and tried to kiss us. Every. Minute. And every block. Eeeugh this is what we see around but molto rapido boys- no bene!
Libby insisted on us getting drinks after that..so we went to Trinity College right off Del Corso. It was a nice bar inside where we enjoyed a few drinks and tacos! mmmmm:)
Later that night, we went out with our roommate Nicole and her Italian friend (we are convinced he is way too into himself). He is some type of promotor/studying law/model who knows the hotspots... That I give him credit. Him and his friend bought us drinks at a bar somewhere near piazza....(?) After that- we went to an exclusive italian club called La Cabala http://www.hdo.it/flash/index_en.htm (check it out). There were entertainers walking around, live dj's singing the whole time...it was great- because we ditched the guys and danced just us girls. At the end of the night, we went downstairs where only about 7 people were surrounding a piano singing. There were two bartenders and three butler guys standing in spots- near the bar, near a door, and near the exit. Long story short- we ended up staying at leaasst another hour, dancing and singing like it was a wedding! Libby requested Miley Cyrus's party in the USA song but instead the guy started singing Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA...which we belted.
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