Day 10 - Roman Forum, etc.

Today we all went to Palatine Hill, the birthplace of Rome. We walked through to see the home of Augustus, the first emperor of Rome. Along with his villa, we saw many other villas from other emperors of Rome. After looking through the villas, we went to the Roman Forum where Nick and Chianne talked about the forum and what happened there. One of the most interesting places in the forum was the Temple of Vesta. We learned about the Vestal Virgins. Their job was to keep the fire in the temple alive at all times. After seeing the temple of Vestus, we saw the temple of Romulus, where old movies played in the middle of the temple.

After we had lunch, Mr. Whitson decided that the class needed time to relax. So, to the joy of the class, we spent the rest of the day in the apartments to rejuvenate and sleep. After hours of trying to fall asleep, many of us gave up and socialized for hours, talking and joking with each other.

We went to dinner in a rustic part of Rome-one of Mr. Whitson's favorite spots. After dinner we all watched an amazing fire dancer that we all thought would catch on fire due to the greatness of her tricks. After she was done, nobody could resist giving her plenty of euros to thank for her show. After the show we all went to the apartment to go to sleep at 10:30.

All in all, it was a great day that relaxed us and got us pumped up for our 3rd day in Rome.


Derek Scullin
Tesseract 9th Grade Student

Shopping for our picnic lunch





The Roman Forum