It has been HOT here in Rome. All of last week was just miserable. I go to bed sweating, I wake up sweating. I want to sleep and eat all the time for some reason? That doesn’t really make sense but I guess it’s how it works. The air is usually around 95 but once you hit the black cobblestone the temperature goes up to a BILLION! My handy dashboard tells me that it’s only supposed to get up to 77 today, but it’s 2:40 am and it’s still feeling really hot and really muggy. 

Today I didn’t do a whole dang lot. Brenda took us to Santa Maria in Trastevere. It was pretty! Here are some pictures so I don’t have to be so wordy…

This is detail of the gate outside of the church.

A bird that I think is from an ancient ruin or something. I dunno, I just liked it.

The nave of the church. LOTS of gold.

Stairs leading to that podium thing that a guy probably reads from?

Ceiling of the church. You can tell in the photo how gross and hot and hazy it is here!

After churchin’ it up, we all parted ways for the most part. Sarah, Darby and I scoped out a few shops on the way back to the apartment and stopped for a €3 pizza! It was so good. I ate the entire thing, and it was huge. While we were dining a little girl came up to us and said something in Italian, so we all awkwardly stared at her, but then our waiter came over and asked her what she was doing and what she wanted, and then he told her to go away. Haha. Oh you gypsies, always creating awkward situations. 

After my feast (I also 2 scoops of gelato after the entire pizza) we walked home and I napped, sweatily, for a couple of hours. Woke up, trudged to studio where I basked in the air conditioning, did a little work, ate dinner with Tonya, Stephanie and Darby, ate more gelato, came back to the studio and worked some more.

Cute wiener doggie, but his bro in the back was a growly jerk. Pretty sure these dogs belong to a bum who hangs out on the Tiber bridge when we walk to class in the AM.

A picture of the synagogue near our studio, hence my neighborhood being called the Jewish Ghetto! It looks really pretty, I need to take a tour soon. I think that it’s important to note that Carabinieri stands flank each corner (and the officers carry HUGE guns!) AND upon entering everyone is wanded for weapons.

Just some cute chairs by our studio. 

I just like this picture is all!!

Welp. I have big plans for tomorrow, hopefully I don’t sleep through them all. I should probably head to bed!