Today we visited Three Churches: Santa Maria Maggiore, Santa Pressede, and San Pudenziana. The churches were very old, especially the last one. It contained one of the oldest and first known Fresco's of Jesus Christ.
We traveled to location in buses. Bus tickets are relatively cheep, one Euro per ticket. Upon arrival, there was a man feeding some pigeons near where we listened to Dana's presentation on the first Church, "Santa Maria Maggiore." There was a man who came and sat right next to us and started smoking. The smoke was pretty thick, I think he was rolling his own.
The churches really give you a sense of the Antiquity and tradition of Roma. It is amazing how elaborate they are, so many fine details. To date, our group has visited: Hadrian's Mausoleum (Castel Sant Angelo), The Roman Forum, Arches, Colosseum (didn't go inside. I went back and did that by myself), Palatine, Circus Maximus, Market, Santa Maria degli Angeli, Museo Nazionale Romano, Pantheon, Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, Crypta Balbi, and the three churches I listed above.
Tomorrow we are going to Ostia Antica (an ancient city ruin outside of Rome), I am really excited about this one because JT is presenting and has already told me a lot about it. It not only sounds amazing, he also made it out there over the weekend to take pictures and I saw some of those. I can't wait to take photos myself.
We turned in our first assignment today which I will post next.
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