Hello Italy travelers,
Today, August 16, marks the beginning of the final ITALY discussion period of summer 2011. Please get busy now and get your COLORED ITALY SHEETS into a binder. Jot down some notes about each of our discussions on the blog. (Your notes should be a combination of interesting info. you want to save AND your own ideas and questions.)
This last discussion is ALSO about ROMAN topics.
If you have not studied the blog thoroughly, go back now to the previous five discussions and add your thoughts. Your efforts will be NOTICED by Mrs. Esser and Mrs. Moeller.
It is our hope that by this time next year, our trip to Italy will be a happy memory, and you'll be looking at your own photos and remembering an amazing trip.
CLICK ON THE right-hand side of this home page where it says # 6 discussion.
READ AND VIEW.
Then, come back here to post your comments below.
ENJOY!
AM
TRAVELERS! Let's get some comments on here! AM
ReplyDeleteI find the information on these two new things very interesting. i would like to comment about the walkway. I find that very strange but interesting that the dead was buried alongside the pathway. Will we be going into some of the tombs? I hope we would get a chance to. I also remember reading that there are underground tunnels below the walkway. Will we get to tour through those? I have always had a fascination about underground tunnels an tombs. I am greatly looking forward to seeing the fountain, now that i read about it. The reading says that it greatly resembles a stage for a theatre show. So in this way, i have a great interest to see this wonderful fountain. So now as we finish these postings, I am greatly looking forward to this trip and about all the variety of places that we will get to tour! See you all in school!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to go to Rome! It's so beautiful there and I really want to see the Trevi Fountain! After reading about the walkway, I also thought it was kind of weird that they buried the dead right beside the walkway.I think it would be interesting to visit the Tomb of Cecilia Metella! And that alongside the tombs there were monument like the Temple of Hercules and many others. I thought that was very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI found it rather confusing why the article on the Appian Way stated that the beginning was not "pedestrian friendly" stating that there were catacombs and such along the way. It is 'creepy' (as some might say) that there are graves so close to big social places, but back then death was a very common topic. There is a church somewhere in Italy for a monastery that is partially made of bones. The altar and the chandeliers and other things are made from the bones of past friars and monks. Over in America, we might be unnerved by such things; while over in Italy and almost all over Europe, it is common to have relics, bones, and other death-related items about.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how the resources (such as money) to build these magnificent things came about. Such a project today would take millions if not billions of dollars to set up and complete.
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ReplyDeleteThe Appian Way sounds very interesting. I just learned about the catacombs in religion class, so I am excited to be able to explore in them. I, too, find it weird that the dead were buried along a public road. Like John said, the European people were not afraid of death. They saw it as a very natural end. I cannot wait to see the Trevi Fountain. I have seen it in many movies before, but I never dreamed I would get to see it in real life! I will be sure to empty out my piggy bank before we leave so I can throw numerous coins into the fountain! I cannot wait to feel the Italian sun on my face!!
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