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What's this? Internet after ten? I feel like Vittorio or whatever his name is forgot to turn off the network. Well, it works for me. [EDIT: just kidding. It cut me off at 10:30 last night.]

Today (yesterday) had the feeling of Epic Day from Leadership Conference 08 at SPU. Whoever knows what I'm talking about will understand me when I say that this was just like that...Rome style. No joke.
For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, we did a scavenger hunt today, ALL OVER Rome. We had clues and locations and had to find the locations and match up what clue we thought might go with whatever thing we found. It was a bit like finding beads in sand. But. It was a good learning experience. Our group started out a little directionless, stumbling onto our first clue, but then we stopped in a garden, got our bearings, and followed a system for the rest of the hunt.

Most of what we found was unimpressive compared to the churches and other little places we found on accident. Like this church (sort of near our hotel):







And this one (Saint John Lateran church in the south of Rome):








All sorts of other random places



On our way out of the Villa Borghese--a park in the North of Rome.


The view from the top of the hill. We got so many pictures like this, I'm only sticking one up.



Colusseum! We came at it from the back end, through a little bit of the residential area.

Okay. This is really weird. It's a cat sanctuary in the middle of the city. Cats live there. The end.



Yep, that was yesterday. Incredibly exhausting, but pretty fun. We learned something valuable, too. When the subway doors close, get out of the WAY. And the little green button opens them again. Yes.