200 Years of Progress

There hasnt been a whole lot going on since I last wrote. Right now, everybody else seems to be on weekend trips, and its pretty much just Jennie and me in the Cenci. It's kind of nice. It's also an absolutely beautiful weekend.
I went swimming again yesterday. I was alone this time and it was really relaxing.

On Thursday, with art history, we just walked around this neighborhood and saw things that I've seen a thousand times. It was really great though to hear about them from Ezio. We also went to Palazzo Spada, which is just near Piazza Farnese and I've been meaning to go there for a while now but haven't found it. It's just a little palazzo where they wanted a big garden but didn't have enough space, so they made a little collonade that looks like a big garden, but is really about 7 meters long.

Also, We had a little optional field trip to see the studios of some artists working in Rome, and there was this children's book illustrator, Vladimir Radunsky, who does pretty fun things. That was really good to see. He also had cute dogs.

Today was a Porta Portese day. It was pretty successful. I got a scarf commemorating the American Bicentennial. "200 years of Progress." It's a beauty. It's also a lot more special for being in a 50 cent scarf pile at a flea market in Rome than if I were to find it anywhere back home.
I really need to shower now, though. Way too much human contact.

Ps there's something funny with my computer and I'm having trouble getting pictures up. I'll try to figure out what's going on.