We have decided to show the rest of our sketching along with our Pantheon drawings as one last gallery. Here they are!
Author Archives: Jenna Pittman Johansson
Borromini
This last post shows the extent of Borromini’s work that we were able to visit, or in some cases view from the exterior if we were unable to catch opening hours. It has been a long time coming, for this we apologize. Now the resources have been compiled (first by Wikipedia contributors 😉 ) for …
Rounding Out the Trip
To start, we owe you a couple days of pictures and sketches! I am actually going to start by saying that we made it back to Minneapolis after a long, long day of traveling. I am glad to be home. There is something about coming home to Minnesota that is as exciting as venturing off …
Chocolate Coconut Gelato
Today was rainy. We had planned out at Camp Roma three/four days ago to see the Colosseum, Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum today. Lucky us every outdoor thing that we had planned to see occurred on the rainiest day we’ve been in Italy. Two unfortunates here: 1) walking around the ancient sites in the …
Sunday in Rome
Europe in general lives quite a different life than your average American. Italy is of course no exception. Siesta – lunch – everything closes besides food places for two or so hours over lunch and we tourists are left to feed our own stomaches as well – probably a good thing I guess. Honoring the …
Sant Ivo della Sapienza
If you’ve been following my ‘Italy – Round Two!‘ blog, you may have already picked up on the fact that Borromini is one of my favorite architects and most definitely my most favorite Baroque architect. You may also have read, on our last visit to Rome, Dave and I were left very disappointed by that …
Vatican City
Today, our group witnessed another popular (under statement) site of Italy – the Vatican City. We purchased tickets to skip the line for the Vatican Museum. While waiting for our escort we stood near the plaza of St. Peter’s Basilica. Unbeknown to us, the pope was conducting a ceremony this morning for a celebratory mass, …
Back in Rome and Loving It!
Once we finally made it into our final place to stay for the trip, Christina’s Residence, our group was ready to head out on foot to see Roma! Dave and I have been excited to revisit all the places that we saw on our last visit and especially, to share them with our other three …