Tivoli

So I spent today at Tivoli and Hadrian's Villa. Very, very neat ruins. I liked them more than Pompeii. The picture comes from the Villa d'Este, which may have one of the coolest backyards ever. Very worthwhile trip.

Another highlight of the day was the meal we (a group of 7 JCU students, 2 archies, and Maria Younes, the ND contact for Rome) had at the expense of Mr. Nanovic, the benefactor of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at ND. Anything we wanted at this really nice restaurant in Tivoli was on the house. My meal probably cost over 40 euro, including wine/water/bread. Hooray for really weathly people subsidizing at-least-somewhat wealthy people! I had steak for the first time since getting here, and red meat tasted delicious. Also had a tiramisu for the first time this trip (I'm not quite sure why that is the case; I suppose gelato has been doing just fine so far), and it was easily the best tiramisu I've ever had. Three cheers for Mr. Nanovic.

The rest of the weekend is not looking so promising. I wrote a paper yesterday, and I have 4 papers to write in the next two weekends, so I'm hoping to finish one tomorrow and one Sunday. We shall see how that goes.