My New Home

I HAVE MADE IT TO ROME!  After about 30 hours of traveling through airports, I made it safely to Rome around 2 PM local time yesterday.  It was a very long and tiring day of travel, including my luggage being lost, but I am very excited to be here.  I got a call last night and was assured that my luggage will be here sometime today, fingers crossed.

Our new apartment is great.  It is much bigger than I expected.  The surroundings are absolutely beautiful.  There are four of us living here, all from my class:  Mike, Lucas, Spencer, and myself.  We are in the Trastevere area of Rome on via Agostino Bertani if you want to look it up on the map.  The Trastevere is one of the oldest parts of Rome and supposedly one of the best places to live.  Here are some pictures of our apartment and surroundings:

Entry foyer

Circle steps up to second floor.

Atrium. Our door is bottom left.

Living Room

Bathroom w/ smallest shower on the planet. 

Bedroom.  Corner apartment so we have views down two different streets.

via Agostino Bertani

via Goffredo Mameli

Mike and I spent yesterday afternoon and this morning doing our own little walking tour.  We have explored most of the Trastevere area and went to Vatican City this morning.  We intended to go to the Vatican Museums but the line was over a mile long so that didn't happen.  There will be plenty of updating to come...