Lessons learned while in the city today:
The tram and bus take a lot longer than you think they should take to get anywhere. We walked as a group to the tram stop, waited for a while, crammed into one of the cars thinking everybody was on, realized some people got left, they caught up; got on a bus, smushed. made it to the Spanish Steps! This area is a major city planning feat created by Sixtus V. Important roads cross perpindicularly, and you can see all the way down the streets to spaces marked by obelisks and such. (This is also the area where all the major designer stores are. Keri Sweatt- you would have flipped)
Things are farther away than they look. While walking to studio desination, I noticed that just because you can see a building/monument doesnt necessarily mean it's close. I'm pretty sure we walked 20 miles today. My little legs were struggling. I better be in good shape when i get back home!
Art stores will continue to fascinate me. We found an amazing one near our apt today that has soooo much stuff. J&M x 10,000. It's so neat.. I know I sound like a nerd, but I don't care. I found thousands of paint brushes and am looking forward to picking out a few.

We visited the Santa Maria Maggiore today. It was the church I had already done research on and had a presentation for, so it was awesome to get to see it in person. The mosaics and gold ceilings were .. I can't even describe how beautiful they were. It's truly unbelievable. We're going back tomorrow to do group research. I'm looking forward to exploring that part of the city more. I'll upload more picture soon. It's hard to upload here for some reason.
Goodnight!!