our adventures

Wow, Math and I were truly blessed to be able to spend time together in Italy. Right now Math is in the air home, and I am at home in Florence and depressed. I am not one to be over dramatic, but I am a pretty big baby. One of the first nights math was here I just started crying from think about when he would have to leave. Then last night, I was a mess as well, and then now….still a mess. I am going to work this afternoon, so as soon as I can get back into my routine I will be fine.

We had such a great time though. I’ll let you guys in on a few of the highlights. I was saying on my other post that is was refreshing to have new insights on some of the museums I got to often. You all know that I am not a big fan of altar pieces being in museums, they just arnt meant for that environment. Math pointed out that they also wernt made too be seen all together. After looking at a huge room of Madonna and child’s, you are bored with them. Each altar piece was commissioned for a specific church, and not meant to be drowned by other Madonna and Childs.

We had a wonderful Italian meal to celebrate our engagement. I had great pasta, with steak, and math pork and spaghetti. It was great to be so relaxed. There is no rush to any meal in Italy. So it was nice to just sit down for a while and enjoy the environment instead of worrying about occupying a table. In Florence we also got some Grappa, and Limoncello. They were great.

Then is was off to Rome. We got tickets for the first regional train leaving Firenze to Rome, at 6 45, and it would get there around 10 30. But we got to the train station with plenty of time, and couldnt find out train, the departures list didnt have the train on it! So after much confusion and asking a million people, we finally asked the right person, and he told us to go to costumer services. It was a mistake, and they paid for us to get on a faster and nicer train! We got to Rome about the same time we would have with the regional train, but it was nice because it was more comfortable.

In Rome we found a hostel, and then headed straight for the Vatican Museums. It was great seeing everything, and a little exhausting as usual! Then we headed to the Ruins, and what not. It was just so fun being there with Math.
We went to the Jewish Ghetto for dinner. That was soo much fun! I have had numerous people recommend the place. It was well priced, and we got authentic Roman/ Jewish cuisine! Math ate Lamb brains, and I got Calamari. We also got red wine, because our Chaplain at school said we had to. That has been one of my favorite meals!
Our second day in Rome we went St.Peters for mass. We hung out around there for a while. We went into that museum, which was awesome. It had tons of relics. The Head of St. Luke, the Finger of St. Peter, ad countless beautiful religious pieces from the church, all completely decorated in jewels and gold, and anything else important. We also stayed around for the Pope’s address to the Square. That was exciting! On our way out we went to the San Maria Maggiore. It is truly a magnificent church, one of my favorites in Italy.

Then we headed to San Palo outside the walls. Saint Paul is burried there, and it is a great church! There were great mosaics there. We also got the opportunity to go to confession in English, so that was super exciting! We went to the gift store. I dont know why, but I love catholic stuff. All the art, rosaries, and medals. But we stumbled across something especially exciting….Liquor made by Benedictine Monks. So we of course had to buy that. It was really intense as well.

We then headed back into the center of Rome, saw Bernini’s St. Theresa and ate Kebab’s for dinner. We both love Kebab’s. Our time together was ending so we figure we would do some more wedding planning! We have a lot of fun doing that!
Then we were up early this morning, and we saw each other off at the train station, math to the airport, and me to Firenze.

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