Day 15

Day 15 (Wednesday)

• Today we had our normal 09:30 Wednesday class: Modern Italian History. We had to turn in our proposals for the research papers we will have to submit at the end of the semester.
• Ben's thesis revolves around How the Catholic Church publicly reacted to Nazi Germany's treatment of the Jews during WWII and how that affected Italian thought on the topic.
• My thesis will analyze the views of the Kingdom of Piedmont and Sardinia with the views of the Republic of Venice during the time of the French Revolution and Napoleon's two invasions of Italy in 1796 and 1801, looking at the two Italian states' opinions of the Revolution and France's occupations first as Republican and then as Imperialistic (hopefully it will be more exciting than that sounded).
• Following class we had lunch at Mensa, consuming our normal helping of delicious pasta. Following Mensa we did some homework and got ahead with the work for the rest of the week.

At around 3:00 we played an epic game of ultimate Frisbee - ultimate because my team won (again) [Note: My team has won every game thus far; 8-0, 7-1, 12-2]

• Following Frisbee we got cleaned up and dressed because we had Mass of the Holy Spirit later in the evening at 7:30. The church, Sant'Ignazio de Loyola was absolutely beautiful in its architecture and paintings. We had a very beautiful Mass with all of our fellow friends from JFRC.  The service was very nice, and I got to read petitions and be a Eucharistic Minister (which resulted in a large amount of wine consumption, but that is another story....)
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     After Mass we split up and went to various restaurants around Rome, I happened to have a horrible spot in line, resulting in me getting split apart from other groups of friends. However, it was a blessing in disguise as I went with Mr. Mike Beezley (our bad-ass guy in charge of the students) to a special restaurant he got our group into and it was by far the best. I sat with some new friends - Lauren, Fernando, Mary, and Tori. This was by far the best food I have had in Italy (which is saying a lot). 
   
  After dinner we went back to campus and played cards, ping-pong, and Fusz Ball.
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