Tuesday we went to the Ostia, a ruin of a city dated back years and years ago where many things took place that basically initiated the formation of Rome. The cobblestone road made our walking quite tiresome but it is really interesting to see different architecture techniques. The genius of the people 2000 years ago still carries down to present-day civilization.
Joe and Naomi posing
Francis and JT gave great presentation about the Ostia.
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To celebrate Francis finishing off his presentation, we decided to go out and drink that night!
We had some drink at the Campo then headed to an Irish bar not far away. We took shots and drink cocktails and DANCE! Apparently the DJ sucked so DJ FRANCIS decided to take over the DJ booth. I didn't really know what exactly happen since I was chatting happily with my friend Joey, Andy Yoon and a guy named Erik from U of Miami outside the bar. But I do have a picture of Francis singing at the DJ booth. Gosh...it is such a joy to see Francis being tipsy and fuzzy!
And of course I got pretty fuzzy myself. Not really drunk though. The Liu family can REALLY drink :P Many fun things happened and many hilarious things were said and performed. In short, it was a fun night.
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For some reason a Cappucino Fredo in the morning makes me feel just great...(especially in a morning after partying and drinking last night!)
Today (Wednesday) we went to the Trastevere, which literarily means "across the Tiber River". It is actually an area southwest of Campo di Fiori, where we live, and it's only a ten-minutes walk to go across the river. Trastevere consists of a large population of Jews. We ran into a building where there was a memorial sign for them, who were captured in the area and sent to concentration camp.
Out of 1500 people less than 1% of them survived. How sad. It was also interesting to see old temples being repurposed into churches.
The Trastevere is a beautiful area. It is greener than within the river, and it is less touristy. I definitely want to try some of the restaurants there. Anyone interested joining me?
We visited the church of Saint Cecilia, who apparently invented the organ instrument. Sculptor Mendora was there when people opened the coffin, where St Cecilla's body was still intact. He was moved and made an beautiful sculpture just as what the body looks like. That sculture was shown in the church.
After visiting one more church we started walking uphill (or uphell......so hot!) and saw the beautiful Fountain Acqua Paola 
then even more uphill to see the entire landscape view of Rome. It was just "ginormerously" beautiful.
We also went to the site where St. Peter was prosecuted and crucified upside-down. There is tiny but solemn temple built for him there.
It is also a church where I see inscription in Bodoni! Since modern typeface was not popular until around 1800, we can kinda guess how old the church is.
On the way home we stopped by a gelato place. My blackberry gelato was apparently the gelato of the day!
In the afternoon and at night we had work session. We basically chose some pictures we like, edited them if needed and print them out for critique at later days. Many of us went to this seafood restaurant. I had speghetti with clams. It was a bit oily but still delicious! Besides I need some fat. I can't weight 140lb forever.
I eat to feel happy.
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