My flight from San Francisco to Rome consisted of 3 parts: SFO to Chicago, Chicago to Frankfurt, Frankfurt to Rome. My flight from Chicago to Frankfurt was delayed for 2 hours so I missed my connecting flight unfortunately. This was a huge hassle because I needed to check into my program before 7PM (in Italian time). I made it alright and checked into my apartment. By the way, hot dogs at the Chicago airport are not that impressive. It's the kind of hot dog you'd put together at a BBQ with nacho cheese. I also got a meal voucher from the transfer desk at the Frankfurt Airport and they only had nachos and strange food. I saw their hot dogs and they looked pretty plain as well. I live in Residence Candia in an apartment. Candia is very close to the Vatican and many street markets. My room is very IKEA. My bed is the top bunk and there are 3 people in this room.
There is a lot of closet space which is nice.
This morning my roommate Kate and I walked around rome and ended up seeing the Trevi Fountain, many high end designer stores, and the Santa Maria del Popolo. The Santa Maria del Popolo was this beautiful church with lots of sculptures, painting, etc. in side of it. They had individual chapels inside the church that were donated by families in the past. My roommate Kate is an Art History major so she knew a lot about this stuff. I took a couple photos of the church (which are below). The piazza outside, Piazza del Popolo, wasn't as impressive as some of the other piazza's but I took a panoramic photo which I suppose I will compile later to make a full shot of the piazza. In the afternoon, there was an orientation for ACCENT -- one of the groups that organizes this EAP program. Afterwards, I had fettucini con gorgonzola and apple and lemon gelato. There is another orientation tomorrow from the UC affiliates and an italian language placement test.
My flight from San Francisco to Rome consisted of 3 parts: SFO to Chicago, Chicago to Frankfurt, Frankfurt to Rome. My flight from Chicago to Frankfurt was delayed for 2 hours so I missed my connecting flight unfortunately. This was a huge hassle because I needed to check into my program before 7PM (in Italian time). I made it alright and checked into my apartment. By the way, hot dogs at the Chicago airport are not that impressive. It's the kind of hot dog you'd put together at a BBQ with nacho cheese. I also got a meal voucher from the transfer desk at the Frankfurt Airport and they only had nachos and strange food. I saw their hot dogs and they looked pretty plain as well. I live in Residence Candia in an apartment. Candia is very close to the Vatican and many street markets. My room is very IKEA. My bed is the top bunk and there are 3 people in this room.
There is a lot of closet space which is nice. This morning my roommate Kate and I walked around rome and ended up seeing the Trevi Fountain, many high end designer stores, and the Santa Maria del Popolo. The Santa Maria del Popolo was this beautiful church with lots of sculptures, painting, etc. in side of it. They had individual chapels inside the church that were donated by families in the past. My roommate Kate is an Art History major so she knew a lot about this stuff. I took a couple photos of the church (which are below). The piazza outside, Piazza del Popolo, wasn't as impressive as some of the other piazza's but I took a panoramic photo which I suppose I will compile later to make a full shot of the piazza. In the afternoon, there was an orientation for ACCENT -- one of the groups that organizes this EAP program. Afterwards, I had fettucini con gorgonzola and apple and lemon gelato. There is another orientation tomorrow from the UC affiliates and an italian language placement test.
