The UD Summer Rome program went to the Galleria Borghese, a private collection-turned museum in Rome.  It is an old villa packed with priceless works of art, including Bernini statues like the David and Appolo and Daphne, as well as world class paintings, including a whole room filled with Carravaggios.       …

Sebastian is an answered prayer for Jacob!  Jake takes such good care of him.  I’ve never seen a teenager hold a baby so much.  Sebastian leans to Jake and reaches his arms out for him whenever he sees him.  I’ve really never seen anything quite like it!

Falling Asleep after 20 Hours of Travel Sleepy                                                                        Sleepier                      …

    We made it to Roma!  24 hours of travel time later, we drove up to the campus tucked away in the hills just south of the city, and remembered why we took on such an ambitious trip: this is paradise.  The birds sing all day long, the sun shines, the air smells like…