Rome, Italy

One weekend 7 of us decided to go visit Rome. We left on February 14, which was Valentines Day and we spent it at Girona airport having a bocadillo sandwhich and a Mahou beer, to February 18. It was exciting to go see another city in Europe outside of Spain. In that short amount of time we were able to see many things: St. Peters, The Vatican, The Colleseum, The spanish steps, and many piazzas and palazzos throughtout the city. One of the most exciting things we got to saw other than the amazing architecture was seeing the Pope speech on Sunday afternoon outside of his window. I was able to catch him on video and that is shown below.

My favorite new building in Rome had to be Richard Meier's, Museo dell'Ara Pacis. We only got to see it from the outstide because we were running out of time, but what we saw from the outside was amazing. Somehow in this old city he made this very nice buiding fit into place. I think the best part about the building was the entrance way from the perpindicular street. It had a fountain at the bottom next to the road and a wall of water that ran off of that towards the building. Then it had steps that brought you up to where the water started, which was in front of the entrance. On the facade that faced the street he used mainly glass, but had light shelves along the top. Through the glass we got to see an ancient part of Rome. I don't know what it was, but Richard Meier built around it and the Museo dell'Ara Pacis surrounded it. The material and pavements that he used here were marble for the floor and stone for the walls. They went well together because they were roughly the same material. He continued to not only use large blocks for the the building, but also for the water wall, and the floor pavements. Front of the building Two of the materials used

The water wall that leads down to the fountain