Here are a few photos to keep you updated on what I've been up to:
I've been spending a lot of time in Rome's various parks and cemeteries (sounds morbid, I know, but they're beautiful) and reading a lot, both for school and pleasure. I'm about half-way through with Harry Potter e il Prigionerio di Azkaban, by the way. It's getting much easier to read. I don't even have to look up many words anymore. Whoo hoo.
Here's the Cemeterio Accattolico, one of my favorite places in Rome. It's about an hour trip from where I live by foot/bus/metro, in a neighborhood just outside the old Roman city walls, but it's worth it, I think. It's quiet and not at all touristy, as the center of town has exploded into tourist season in the last month.
It's not only a good place to sit on a bench and read or write, but it's also good for making friends (of the feline variety, anyway).
I also spent some time walking around the Prati area, which includes the Vatican. I've been meandering in that area because I heard you can still buy indulgences from the Catholic church and I thought I'd pick up a few. However, everyone I ask looks at me like I'm crazy, so maybe it's not true ...
But wherever I've wandered the last few weeks, this is all I've seen:
I took this picture after I woke up from a pleasant nap in the Villa Borghese, one of Rome's ginormous parks, and the place where I've basically spent morning, noon and night the last couple of weekends.
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