Engineering in Rome

Sorry I could not write yesterday because I was having some problems connecting to the internet in the hotel. Yesterday was John Schwietz’s birthday! It was a beautiful day out, very sunny…just like today was. It is amazing!! :) The only sad thing is that we had to present today and be inside. We all worked on group presentations for different aspects of Rome. Here is the presentation on the Colosseum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyD5Bktkx7M They did a video and it was funny. The rest of today was free time, I’m not sure where everyone went, but it is nice for all of us to have our presentations out of the way!

Yesterday was our last day with Gino and Luciano, our tour guide and our bus driver. It is sad because we had a lot of fun with them. You can see a picture with Luciano below. Because it was our last day to tour around Rome, we went to see an Aqueduct, some tombs that are preserved, and some preserved private baths. We saw some parrots today, I didn’t know that parrots lived in Italy. Another interesting thing about Italy is that palm trees can grow here. The aqueducts were an interesting aspect of Roman Engineering. We enjoyed relaxing in the park and looking at these breath taking structures.

Photos in this blog are by Tony Bombardo. Phrase of the day: Allora (pronouced Ahl-loh-rah). This means "then" but also next, or and then, or moving on, etc.