tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48861223044770782962024-11-08T16:16:39.421+01:00Jim Newmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02204908456539100880noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886122304477078296.post-32856690351600343342009-03-28T17:09:00.003+01:002009-03-28T19:03:53.265+01:00

Since we didn't have an easy way to pull this off in Italy, I hope the students will take the opportunity now to share their reflections on the trip by commenting on this post. You can access these comments by clicking on the header of this post or the comments section at the bottom of the post.

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Now that we're back and I'm enjoying a speedy and reliable internet connection, I've been going back to each day's photo album and adding more photos and adding captions for some of the existing ones. As more students share their favorite photos in the coming days and weeks, I will go ahead and add those to the photos already here.

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(post delayed due to a lost wi-fi connection)Well, here we are at the end of the trip, and time has really flown by. As we neared the end of the collection in the Capitoline Museums, it was fitting that the last mosaics we talked about were taken from Hadrian's Villa, the first site we visited upon arriving in Italy. Today was a very full day, and in many ways I think we saved the best for last.

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"Roma, Roma, Roma / core de sta citta / unico grande amore / de tanta e tanta gente / che fai sospira / Roma, Roma, Roma...."  After the introduction of the AS Roma team, their devoted and faithful (some might call fanatical) fans filled the Stadio Olimpico with the melodious anthem (excerpted above) for the maroon, yellow, and white, the colors of the AS Roma club.  Sitting in amazing seats, we

Jim Newmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02204908456539100880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886122304477078296.post-971564946898499022009-03-21T00:18:00.000+01:002009-03-21T02:31:59.307+01:00

This is an amazing shot of Raphael's The School of Athens that Jim took today at the Vatican Museums, with several others available in the web album. The perfect weather of the first half of the trip has been replaced with clouds and a chill in the air, something we got to experience for about an hour while in line for the Vatican this morning. One cannot really complain, though, when sights like

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Boarding the Eurostar train this morning for Florence, we left Rome behind us for the day and headed to the cradle of Renaissance art, and for many of the group, Italian shopping.  Clearly we have some academic stars on the trip who are well versed in the language of art analysis, but we also have some serious power shoppers who took Florence by storm.  From full length leather jackets to

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Today was our first of several days here, and we did an extensive walking tour that allowed everyone to become acquainted with the sights and sites of the city. Sorrento seems like a distant memory after a day spent dodging cars, motorbikes, and pedestrians. There were many moments today when I found myself scarcely believing that we were really here in Rome. Watching our group react to seeing

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Today we bid goodbye to Sorrento before heading out to see the ruins of Pompeii. We explored a good portion of the site on another perfect Italian day. Walking through the forum we came upon  victims like this from the eruption that destroyed the city. The students could not have been more excited about the visit. Overall, it was a great day of seeing not only homes, graffiti, brothels, and

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After enjoying our first night in Sorrento, we started the morning by taking a bus to visit the ruins of Herculaneum, one of the cities buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD. In the afternoon, we went to the Naples Archaeological Museum, which houses many of the items found in the excavations at Herculaneum and Pompeii. As you'll see in the photo album, the mosaics and bronzes were

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Jim and I have put together a photo album with pictures from today's visits to Hadrian's Villa and Sorrento. Follow this link to view the album.

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We made it! It has been a great day full of excitement and fun. We just returned from eating authentic Neapolitan pizza at a local Sorrento location. Hadrian's Villa was amazing and we have some great photos we are going to share. Lots of learning of archaeology with the emperor Hadrian. He certainly knew how to build a mighty palace for himself.

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Jim Newmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02204908456539100880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886122304477078296.post-42824286007269876312009-03-13T19:23:00.000+01:002009-03-13T20:14:16.956+01:00

This trip focuses on ancient and Renaissance Italian culture. Our southern Italian swing includes visits to Hadrian's Villa, Sorrento, Pompeii, Herculaneum, and the Naples Archaeological Museum. While in Rome we will hit all of the classical sites for what Cicero would call "a sizzlin' good time." If this were not enough - what about the Vatican? Yea, we will be there and to Florence too.

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