Today was the BEST day so far that I’ve had in Italy. The group started the morning out with a visit to Espressaroma Coffee Company. This was a great company to visit because they extended so much gratitude to us for just being there and coming to visit them. When we first arrived at the coffee plant they greeted us with a nice warm cup of Italian coffee which was REALLY GOOD! After this we stepped outside and talked about the coffee production process and how they produced their coffee for a little while. It was interesting to hear all of this because I know it will come in handy when I go to help mentor St. Lawrence Valley Roasters at work after this trip. After this we then got a detailed tour of the plant. I found it amazing at how they could produce so many different types of coffee all at once in a very small compact area. Another interesting fact about this coffee company is that it produces as much as it sells / exports so that means that they don’t really have any inventory sitting around. After we finished up at Espressaroma we headed back to the hotel because we had the afternoon free to ourselves. Since we had the afternoon free to ourselves I decided to go visit the church that I had done a report on for this class: San Paolo Furi le Mura. To get there was a bit of a hassle but there was really no walking involved, just metros. Once I arrive I was stunned. This basilica was HUGE! You first started off entering into the garden which is photographed above. After this you entered the basilica that was easily twice as large as most basilicas that we have seen. It took me about a minute and a half to walk from end to end. The architecture was a blend of a few thousand years of Roman architecture and they chose the best materials that they could find at the time to rebuild it. It was very interesting to see this architecture because it was rebuilt only a thousand years or so ago. After I finished visiting my basilica I headed out back to the hotel where I took a nap. Now I’m eating some pizza I picked up from a corner store and after editing some more photos once again I will head to bed.
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