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Rome,ItalySummer2018KimberlyBau

Above:ViewofRomeBelow:TiberRiver;MouthofTruth

WiththeJenningsFamilyGlobalMathematicsFundAwardIhadthechancetotraveltoRome,TheEternalCity,forastudyabroadopportunity.ItookaculturalclassonItalianFoodattheLorenzodeMediciInstitutewhereIlearnedaboutItalianfoodthroughtheenvironmentandsustainability.IgottotastefoodfromdifferentregionsofItaly,andlearnabouthowtheyaremadeorprocessedusingnaturalresources.IgottotravelaroundRomeandvisitmonumentsI’vealwayswantedsee.IhadsuchagreattimeinItalyandIwanttothanktheJenningsFamilyforthisoppertunity.

PyramidofCestius

ViewofRome

ThePantheonThePantheonisachurchthatwascompletedaround127AD.Ithasadomeshapethatwasbuiltwithdifferentmaterials,thelightestbeingatthetop.Ivisitedonatour,andalsoitwaseasilyfoundthroughwandering.

Photosstartingwithtopleftandgoingaround:-OutsideofthePantheon-Topofthedome-Fountaininthesameplaza-InsideofthePantheon-StatueofLadyMargherita

TheColosseumandTheForumVisitingthesetwoareaswasbreathtaking.TheColosseumismuchlargerthanIthought,andtheForumisverydistributedbutpreserved,surroundedbymodernbuildings.

TheColosseum

PlacewhereJuliusCaesarwasbelievedtobestabbed

TheForum

TheTrevi FountainIvisitedtheTrevi Fountainmanytimes.Tomakeawishyoumustputyourbacktothefountainandthrowyourcoinback.Ididthiswrongthefirsttime,butIcorrectedmyselflater.

TheSpanishSteps

TheSpanishStepsarelocatedinPiazzadiSpagna.Itwasveryclosetoschool,andIwasexcitedtogoherebecauseitwaswhereoneofmyfavoritemovies,theLizzieMcGuireMovie,wasfilmed.

Italy’sRepublicDayIwasluckyenoughtobeinRomeonJune2nd,Italy’sRepublicDay.TherewasabigparadeinPiazzaVenezia withmilitarypersonnel,marchingbands,andendedwithplanesreleasingcoloredpowderthatmatchestheirflag!IwasveryfamiliarwiththeplazabytheendofmytripbecauseItransferredbusesheretogettoschool.

VaticanCityI’vehearditbeingcalledthesmallestcityintheworld.VaticanCityisindependentfromRome,whilststillbeinginRome.It’sthehomeoftheSistineChapelandSaintPeter’sBasilica.PeoplecanvisitoncertaindaystogetablessingfromthePope.Themuseum’sartworkisbeautiful,especiallytheSistineChapel.

Above:ArtworkfromtheMuseumBelow:SaintPeter’sSquare

EatalyTakingacourseonItalianfoodmeansvisitingaplacewithItalianfood.MyteachertookourclasstoEataly,anItaliansupermarket.TherearemanysmallerdivisionsofEatalyaroundtheworld,howeverthebiggestoneisinRome.Ithas4floorsandsellsspecialtiesfromaroundthecountry.Thebestoliveoil,thebestpasta,andthebestcheesecanallbefoundhere!

Signslikethiscouldbefoundalloverteachingyouabouthowsomethingisproduced

AnItalianvenderisinvitedfortostayforacoupleofmonthsandselltheirfoods.WhenIwenttheyhadPiadinas.

WeekendTriptoFlorence

TheprogramIwentthroughhadanexcursiontoFlorence.Ivisitedmanyplacesandsawfamousartworks!

PalazzoVecchio

MeinPalazzoVecchio’s tower

BoboliGardens

BoboliGardens

MeandTheDavid

ArtinsidePalazzoVecchio

FlorenceCathedral

!Food!(Pizza,Pasta,Dessert,andmore

Pasta)

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