Abstract:
In May of 2004, I traveled with a group of fellow classmates and our instructor to Rome, Italy. After studying the city in class during the semester, we went to the city for two weeks and visited all of the places we had learned about. As part of the class, we had to use our time and experience there to complete a creative project and a short tour guide of a place we visited. For my Senior Honors Thesis, I decide to expand on the short tour guide and apply it to a number of the sites that I studied during the semester. The sites that I picked were ones that I thought were interesting and would also be appealing to the general public. I used as many of my pictures as possible in the thesis, but I did have to supplement them with some from the Internet. These pictures were for times where I wasn't able to get a certain shot of the site that would be beneficial to have in the guide. Each guide consists of a history, directions, pictures, and other information such as phone numbers and hours of operation. Then at the end of each guide, I have a personal review of the site. I might talk about the things such as what I liked or didn't like, as well as discussing things like what type of people would want to go there and how long it takes to get there. I conclude most of the tours by giving some sort of recommendation as to whether or not I think it is a good place to visit. This final aspect, along with my pictures, helps to personalize the project and provide a means of showing what I learned and experience on the trip.
