The extra day in Roma
1/23 So we had an extra day in Rome because of the little sickness detour we took and the crazy idea that they shouldn't run the ferries on Sundays. But tomorrow we depart for Greece. Today however was the day of ruins. And unlike the other days that have been ruined, this one was not. It was just full of lots of HUGE ancient things. Which was very nice since ever since I was little I was in love with the ancient Roman civilization. It was truly awe inspiring to look at these huge structures and just imagine that they had been standing for thousands of years. And on top of that they were massive. I mean, these people had some serious structural mechanics intuition because a lot of these structures couldn't have been made today without A LOT of thought. We visited the Coliseum, the Baths of Caracalla, the Roman Forum and the Palitine hill. I really respect the Romans that they made such prominent buildings just to sit around and think and talk about stuff. I wish that we still did that. It would be great that people would actually set aside time to just... think and discuss.
Afterward, we looked around for some last minute shopping things, like reading books for the 21 hour trip we've got tomorrow. I've gotten quite a bit more reading done this trip than I expected. I'm already mostly done with both books I originally brought with me. Anyway, we just finished packing, getting a little of tired of travelling which could be bad since I've got 6 more weeks to go. But as Maria put it today, I'm really excited for everything before I go home but I'm really excited to go home. These past two days have been very homesick days. But our trip starts to pick up some speed the next few days so, I'm hoping that will wipe out some of the actual THINKING my brain does. But regardless of my desire to go home, at the moment my desire to move on from Rome is even stronger, I'm beginning to feel we've worn out our welcome and I'm glad we're moving on tomorrow. Especially because the real science part of our trip picks up a bit after Greece. Seeing as I have to catch a 7:30 train. I will bid you adieu... for NOW!
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