Rome and All Day Field Study # 2

After Florence Kelli and I headed to Roma! After arriving mid morning and checking into our hostel we jumped onto the metro and headed downtown to see the city. First stop: Colosseum!



Stunning, such amazing history in this city. After the Colosseum Kelli and I visited the Palatine Hill, the Roman Forum, and then headed over to Trevi fountain to eat gelato and throw a coin in:



Then we sat on the Spanish steps and people watched, including watching the crazy people try to sell noise makers. Then we headed over to the Pantheon and finally got dinner at the same place Kelli visited with her family 6 years ago. Needless to say it was an exhausting day but I enjoyed being in Rome so much and could not wait to get up and see the Vatican the next day.

We spent the majority of the day walking through the Vatican museum, gazing at amazement at the Sistine Chapel, waiting in line to enter the beautiful Basilica, walking through the tombs of the Popes and hunting for the nearest McDonalds to continue our quest for it in each country.



After such a long day, we headed back to our hostel where we looked for a place to eat. When we were at the front desk, our friends Meg and Bridget were there and we were so excited to see them! We had no idea they were going to be in Rome at the same time as us, so we spent the evening, after a delicious last Italian dinner, catching up with them over gelato.

Now for Field Study number 2! Yesterday we went to the Odense Zoo and the Fjord Research center to see some Marine Mammals in action. We learned a lot about the training aspect for the animals and how it makes handling them in every day life much easier. We watched a sea lion feeding, watched the seals, watched a manatee feeding, saw the trainer do an exam on a lioness, and wandered around the zoo. I loved this zoo! Most of the exhibits were multi species and their training solutions were very different and innovative. They were also breeding most species in the zoo, including the Tapir, who recently had a baby, the manatees the lions and the tortoises. Then we headed over to the research center to watch a seal feeding and see trainers interact with porpoises. All in all it was a very educational weekend and I thoroughly enjoyed our Marine mammals field study.