Come Va? Va bene....piano piano

This Tuesday we had a big deadline for urban design course.  We had to do analysis of the area with the intent of inspiring design ideas.  So this weekend we tried to get a lot of work done, but still ended up working late on Monday night....and into Monday morning.  I walked home for a shower at 6 in the morning, seeing the city for the first time in the first moments of daylight.  Vendors had just begun setting up in Campo dei Fiori for the morning market.  It was a relief to not have so many cars and scooters driving up behind me for once, but instead I had to squeeze past produce trucks as workers unloaded boxes, restocking the stores.  After a shower and breakfast I saw the city waking up a bit more, some shops beginning to open up, and a few people walking on their way to work.  This weekend we also went to a free public concert in Piazza San Giovani to see the CURE!  We watched them perform under flashing lights as we waded through ankle deep glass bottles, trying to get closer to the screen displaying the fantastically teased and tortured mass of ratty hair belonging to the singer.  It was a perplexing feeling to be crammed in among so many people and be outside in a huge open plaza.  This week has been mostly work and more field trips (today we went to the Ara Pacis museum and the auditorium designed by Renzo Piano)(and an italian test on Wednesday), but tonight we are going to our French friend's house for a movie night with all of our non-american friends.  We're watching a spanish movie about a group of foreign exchange students from all over who come together and have a life changing experiences....how appropriate ;).