Not too Bad for a Tuesday Morning

This morning I managed to drag myself out of bed and wandered to Santa Maria della Victoria where another student of Baroque art history who is in my Italian language class was waiting to meet me. We wandered in and took a look at Bernini's wonderful Ecstacy of St. Teressa.


I know that you are not suppose to take pictures (and that this is not even a particularly good pictures) but I did anyway. Just to remind those of you who have been to Rome, why you should come back.

Afterwards we wandered to Boromini's San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane. Its a beautiful contrast to the overpowering golden masterpiece that is Santa Maria della Victoria and San Andrea al Quiranle. There was an architecture class there studing when we entered, which was sort of funny. How fun to sdtudy architecture in a Boromini church in Rome! Our next stop was going to be San Andrea al Quiranle but it was roped off for some reason. We'll have to try again some other time. This evening, after class, we have plans to visit Il Gesu.

Also next week I might be house/dog-sitting for my professor here in Rome. Crazy world no?