Thursday was the first day for a field trip to museums. I was fortunate to have a few people looking out for me to teach me how to ride the public transportation. When we gathered in the morning, one of the women in our group asked me, "Are you ready to see some busts?" I wasn't quite sure whether she was teasing me or not. I just laughed and said, "That's not fair." We headed out the back gate of the academy and went to the newspaper stand. There I purchased two bus tickets. Once you get on the bus, you run it through the machine. It's good then for 75 minutes. I actually don't remember now how we got to where we were going. We first went to the Palazzo Massimo. We heard our directors speak about several of the objects, after which we had time to look on our own and take photos. We made our way to the metro station and had a sandwich before heading off to the other museum in the afternoon. The second museum was the Centro Montemartini.Again, we listened to some lectures and then looked around on our own. By this time I was pretty well wiped out. For a little while I wondered if I was being left alone to find my own way back. Fortunately, some of the dear souls in the group invited me to join them. Rather than jump on the bus back to the terminal, we began walking back. We weren't quite sure our leader knew where she was going. After going a long ways, we went to the right a few blocks, and then turned right again and went back a few blocks. Eventually we found our bus stop. While we were waiting for the bus, one of the women, who had a purse and maybe a camera strung around her neck, had a little wardrobe malfunction. A button or two half way up her blouse came undone. It didn't occurr to me at the time, but I actually didn't see some bust that day. I kindly let her know as I dutifully averted my gaze. We made it back to the Academy, safe and sound. Thee were only three of us having dinner along with all the fellows staying at the academy. An English professor from the University of Texas at Austin joined us. I tried to do some reading in the evening, but I was just too tired. I think I set my alarm for 4pm in hopes I could get up early and try to do more of the readings.