Thursday, January 1st 2015

Buon Anno!! Or, as you would say in English "Happy New Years!!" The New Years Eve celebration last night was amazing. As a group we walked down to the Colosseum and watched fireworks go off as we brought in the new year. It was truly a unique and unforgettable experience. We were celebrating the new year with fireworks bursting over an immense monument to human ingenuity that has lasted for hundreds of new years before. The feeling of new and old coming together is the essence of Rome, and this was the peak of its expression.

After we got back to the hotel, we were all exhausted and quickly fell asleep. Thankfully Prof. Brezovec hosted class this morning at noon instead of our usual 10 o'clock meet time.

Today in class we learned more about cones, the nature of their straight lines, and about properties of angles formed by these straight lines. A lot of the class was devoted to the understanding of triangles, and their properties on Cylinders and Cones. Quick fact: did you know that it is possible to have a cone of greater than 360 degrees? Neat huh!

After class the majority of us went out for lunch. We decided to go a different way than we had before in search of something different. We ended up at a local bakery and restaurant. The majority of us got pasta dishes, (Isaac Fithian got a margarita pizza) and afterword we had some fruit custards for dessert.

After class, I (Andrew McKenzie) decided to take a nap as the festivities of the night had drained all of my stamina. When I awoke, I went on a short walk, worked on the homework and gathered with some classmates for dinner. We ended up going to a restaurant on the same road as our metro stop. After our meal was done we were each given a small cup of Italian ice in honor of the new year.

After dinner John, Andrew and Isaac met in the lobby and talked, worked on homework and wrote this blog post before turning in for the night.