Daily Updates
Week One: 20 September
20 September. Brian Meyers Reporting:
Yesterday, we traveled to EUR, the area on the outskrits of Rome to where Mussolini attempted to relocate the political structure of the capital. The purpose of our trip was to visit the Pigorini museum and the Museo della Civilta' Romana. We first went into the Museo della Civilta' Romana. It contained many plaster casts and reproductions of other Roman works. The museum had a plaster reproduction of each scene from the column of Trajan as well as a scale model of the city of Rome. We visited the Pigorini museum to examine early Italian archaeological finds. Each one of us choose a burial urn to analyze. Dave and I were the last two members of the FSP to leave the museum. We saw ninjas approaching in the display glass and had to battle them to escape. The members of the Rome FSP had their first encounter with the Italian police yesterday. As follows is the story related to me by one of the felons, I mean, um, students at the scene: Members of the FSP, who shall remain nameless had traveled to the gates of the city of Rome. They followed the Appian way for several miles. They visited some catacombs and abandonned villas. They continued to the Spanish steps, from which the were ejected by the carabinieri (the Italian military police). Apparently, one is not allowed to consume gelato (ice cream) while on the Spanish Steps. Our hapless students had stopped to purchase some gelato and had proceeded to carry it with them as attempted to surmount the Spanish Steps. Our students proceeded to vacate the steps and return to the hotel. It was an otherwise good second day for the Dartmouth Rome FSP 2005.
Mr. Dent takes an archival photo of his hut urn of choice.
One such urn- also the first paper topic.
There's no place like the Roman metro for a good time.
A section of the plastic model of ancient Rome from the Museo della Civilta' Romana in Rome's EUR.
Camping out to study urns.
The wait.