"Things you might want to do on your own (that we won't be doing as part of the seminar):

• Villa Borghese (big, beautiful park - a nice place to hang out, theres even things to do or see there, such as museums and the zoo)
  
• Santa Maria Maggiore (a major church)
  
• The beach - Ostia
• Explore Capitolini (not the museums, since you already do that, but everything else that's around there)
• Euroma Mall (out by the EUR)
• Play basketball at the courts (there are some at Piazza Vittorio Emanuele)
• Good shopping places:
• Near the Spanish Steps (name brands like Gucci and Guess)
  
• Via del Corso (expensive stuff)
• Via Nazionale (more expensive stuff)
• Near the Pantheon and Piazza Navona (best places to shop)
  
• Via Appia Antica (there is a lot to see along this road that you might not see with the class)
• Sunday morning flee market in Trastevere
• The vendor fair along the river in Trastevere (good shopping and places to sit down and eat, drink, or relax)
• The vendor fair along the river near Castel Sant Angelo
  
• Santa Maria in Trastevere (a church)
• Piramide (just go explore the area, you'll find some things to see or do)
• Santa Maria della Vittoria - Ectasy of St. Teresa"

"There are books you can buy and pamplets you can pick up in Italy that tell you about all the summer concerts, plays, art exhibits, fairs, and tons more.  I recommend finding those pamplets and going to some."

"The books you can buy have alot of stuff to do in them, but they can be expensive.  Just go to the bookstore (at home, not necessarily in Italy) and write down all the stuff in it that you would like to do, rather than buying it.  Unless you want to of course.  A really good book is the Eyewitness one.  My mom is a librarian so I brought with me the Rome Eyewitness and the Italy Eyewitness for when we went on our excursions.  I had ones from the year 2000 and they were still VERY handly.  The only things in them that are old is the money info and maybe the business hours and things along those lines.  But we were able to go see alot of different things and learn alot about the things we were already seeing thanks to those books."

"One place you don't get to go as a planned part of the seminar is Venice.  A big group of us really wanted to go, so we bought train tickets, set everything up, and went for the weekend.  The professor and the staff in Rome were very helpful with us planning this.  It was definitely worth it to go.  And again, thanks to that book I brought, we were able to plan out everything we wanted to see and make the most out of our weekend there.  It was perfect timing too, because we were there for the 3rd weekend in July which is when Venice has a huge fireworks show over the Grand Canal."

"Plan a weekend trip to Capri, and rent a boat to tour around the island. It's so beautiful there!"