Before the students arrived I thought I should get a head start on sketching. Taking a little walking tour, familiarising myself with the greater city again, I crossed Ponte Palatino from Trastevere and checked out the Theatre of Marcellus, an amphitheatre that actually pre-dates the Colosseum. I did a few sketches of the theatre and of the busy street, Via di Teatro Marcello, connecting the theatre to the Capitoline Hill.