So--BCN got royally screwed up this am attempting to navigate the Rome metro system solo...which caused a rift in the whole day--ugh. Piazza Marcini will haunt me for the rest of my European life! I really enjoyed Piazza del Popolo, however, where I spent about 4 hours sunbathing as I sketched a perspective of the plaza churches and the roads that lead into the plaza. SUNBURN like whoa--but, as per usual, the sunlight was worth it. When the group met up with us, Dave took us on a quick walking tour of the highlights.
TREVI FOUNTAIN--pretty sweet, especially because it looks like the builing grew from the fountain, which grew from the stone...I really appreciated this fountain--I want to go back if we have time at some point--there was just something captivating about it.
THE SPANISH STEPS: A disappointment in that I was always told it is a very popular place for people to just sit and eat lunch...being the cultured kids that we are, a few of us tried to sit and eat our italian pizzas on the steps, and got yelled at for eating on them...what the heck?! :(
THE PANTHEON: Ummm. There is now much more to say than WOW. Even with all of the people, this monument is huge, and it definitely lives up to it's design to surprise the viewer as they enter, not having seen the full height of the dome from the exterior. It looks fake...most of these things do. I don't know why, exactly. I think it has to do with the surreal feeling that I am traveling around the world seeing things I never imagined I would see outside of other peoples' pictures, and now--you're looking at MINE! I would love to come here all alone on a day when the rain was pouring through the oculus, to just sit and write and watch and listen...I think that experience would be extremely moving and memorable. It's supposed to rain at the end of the week...I guess we'll see!
Vic, Bry, Bob, and Jake! 
How I've missed the Rome kiddos-we had a good time just enjoying their company for our little tour (and free icecream on Dave!) I love hearing about their experiences in Rome, and comparing and contrasting them to the abroad experience we are having in Barca. Life is cool.
Group dinner at Pizzaria da Baffetto!
This is approximately 35 americans in an italian restaurant...I just don't think this kind of a crowd would fit in a restaurant in Barca--there are TONS of them, but they are all very small-I think that's how they survive!
Will, Chris, Evan, and Adam--Waiting for Brochetta(sp?) and PIZZA!
So...we almost forgot in the process of the day that at midnight, we all become leprechauns--I mean...it's ST PATTYS DAY! Vic and I are loving it-Heart her!
"We don't think we're any better than other people I St. Patty's Day...we just acknowledge that God invented beer so that we wouldn't take over the world"-Anon.Too bad I don't like beer...
HAPPY ST. PATTY's-Thanks for having us Rome Kids!
