It was really fun. I saw Abby Southwell, which was really nice, and re-visited the Uffizi. It was otherwise a fairly uneventful trip. I got a really great pair of white princess gloves that I'll never be able to wear for fear of getting them dirty. They're really great though. We ate at a really cute little restaurant that tied all their napkins up with ribbons.
As much as I had a nice time, though, weekend trips can be kind of stressful. It just does't leave a lot of time to relax.
Chasing down pigeons with an American flag with a tank on it.
This Wednesday Jackie and I went swimming at the Foro Italico (see pictures below) and it felt so good. I forgot just how hard swimming is, and it's taken a while to recover. We're going to try to make it a regular thing, since we have such a low key schedule. I'm excited.
On Thursday we had a pretty good art history tour. We went to the Farnesina, the old Chigi palazzo, which had some pretty sweet raphael frescoes on the ceiling. Also we went to this little church that I've walked past and sat in front of a gillion times, but never before been inside. Apparently Beatrice Cenci (after whom our building is named) was buried under the altar secretly in the night. Also there's a great Ecstacy by Bernini.
Tempietto!
Then we got back and had a pretty sweet/awkward 20 minute valentines day party. Anne made great cakes.
Otherwise, not much else happening. I'm catching a cold.
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