Rome-ing

This is the day we rode a train through beautiful Tuscany. It was hilarious because every single time my mom lifted her camera to take a picture, we went into a tunnel. Every time. My dad and I were laughing so hard. We saw tons of artists selling their works, which beats any other type of vendor we passed (all one million of them) by a ton.

The hole in the top of the Pantheon is like 20 to 30 feet wide, and when it rains the water just comes in and drains. You could dance in the rain inside a building that was built thousands of years ago. Lovely.

I really like all of the colorful buildings, can ya tell?

Gelato of The Day: Orange with Chocolate from Giolitti's- Rome's best gelato place.

#Day7

Adventure Thursday #1

The first official Adventure Thursday happened yesterday! We went to the mall, browsed the art museum (is that classy or what?!) dressed up, and took a bunch of pictures.

Not everyone knew everyone else, but we still had a lot of fun. That's a big part of these adventures, I think, that anyone who wants to can come, no matter who else they know, and they still end up having a blast. Yesterday was a fantastic start, I cannot wait for future Thursdays! I think they will just keep getting bigger and bigger.

Yes, I am very happy with this whole thing. I know I am going to end up learning a lot from these adventures.

First lesson: When Heavenly Father puts a lovely idea into your head, especially late at night, write it down. Then, no matter how much that idea scares you or pushes you, make it happen.

 

Trying to imitate the sculptures

     

Mckenna, Regan, me, Alex, Riley, Neal

The art museum mostly consisted of paintings of junk food. I am still trying to figure out why. I think it was to represent the direction America is going. The question that people were asked at the beginning of the museum was "What do you think the next movement of art will be called?" and evidently the artists being spotlighted think food will continue to become a larger part of our drive, even artistically. Just some food for thought. Eh? Get it? Bye now.