Noah reflects on the here and now, the reality of his existence in Rome. And thus, here we are. Among the things I thought I was ready for on this trip, I couldn't have imagined I'd be even more ready to go home. Three months in a foreign country does that to a man.

It's a struggle. I write this the week of our Italian midterm and I have no idea what I'm going to do aside from study my little butt...

It's kind of hard, as a New Worlder, to parse the history of Rome in my head as I walk to and from school.