The first week, in pictures

Here is a peek inside some of the Academy buildings. These are shots of the interior courtyard of the main building, where lunch and dinner is served on nice days (and there are a lot of nice days). I caught a quick photo of Indigo dropping a few pebbles into a drain/grate.

Here Indigo and Josh are walking into the courtyard.

We're up on the Janiculum, a high hill outside of the main area of Rome (on the other side of the Tiber River), and just up the hill from the Trastevere, an area where a lot of the charming medieval-era buildings are still intact. Here's a view of the city from the Janiculum.

Here is the Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere, home to the Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere, one of the oldest churches in Rome (circa the 4th century).

The piazza

The basilica

The city (what I've seen of it so far) has approximately a bazillion fountains. Some for show, some to drink. There's a fountain (sometimes just a pipe) in every park. The tap water in Rome is supposedly excellent, some of the best in Europe. It tastes good on a hot day, that's for sure! And Indigo loves any opportunity to play in water.

I can't remember the name of this fountain, but it's impressively large.

My water child