(at the colloseum, the ruins, make a wish at the trevi fountain, and in front of the spanish steps!)
Ciao! Well I just got back from an amazingg weekend in Rome! It was absolutley gorgeous/the most historical place I've ever been! To be able to walk through ruins for the very first civilization was unbeleiveable.
I went with two other girls, Kelli and Caroline, and we basically did Rome in a day and a half.
DAY 1: We mastered the metro/bus finding our hotel. Then we went to the Colloseum. Walking up the stairs and being greated by this gigantic monument was crazy! We went inside, walked around, took tons of pictures, and then headed for the Palletino. This was incredible. We walked through gardens and orange tree vinyards that overlooked basically everything monumental in Rome. Then we walked down into the actual ruins. The sun had come out by now, and we could actually feel the heat from it! I became obsessed with the sky during this trip. Of course, leave it to me to be fascinated with something I see everyday, in Rome haha. I'm sure my friends were about to kill me if I were to say "oh my gooodness, look at how cool the sky is!" one more time! We then made our way to the Spanish steps and the Trevi Fountain. I LOVED the Trevi Fountain. It was probably one of my favorite places. We went to it 3 times! Over these 3 times I ate a lotttt of gelato, saw a PROPOSAL and took a picture of it (now i'm semi stalker-ish), and then saw a BRIDE AND GROOM and took like 40 pictures (I had just figured out the 'burst' setting that takes consecutive pictures...and now I'm a complete stalker). We then ate pesto pasta at a cute little restaurant called 'that's amore', drank a glass of wine, and then made our way back to the hotel
Day 2: We got up and made it to the Vatican around 10. We saw St. Peter's Basillica, which is gigantic! Then we went to the Vatican Museum that has 'School of Athen's' and the Sisteen Chapel. It was veryy amazing seeing such famous paintings! Each room of the Vatican Museum leading up to the chapel was completely decked out with paintings on all walls and ceilings, very intense. We didnt get to see the pope, kind of disappointing, but I think I'll live. Then we just went back to the places we loved the most--then ciao roma!
Now I'm back in Heidelberg thankfully, it was a great weekend, but always nice to be home. Austin and I just devoured an entire large pizza...guess thats what happens when you only eat like 2 meals over a weekend! Austin had a veryyy eventful weekend as well so we've had a lot to catch up on today. Tonight is the Superbowl, and we get to watch it! Except it starts at midnight so tonight will be a late one. We have school tomorrow, and then Tuesday we leave for our field trip to Madrid! It should be just lovellyyy weather there this week so we are very excited. Well, time to catch up on my TV shows I've missed this week aka One Tree Hill. goodbye!
2 comments:
one tree hill?? i didn't know you watched oth. i do too. it's one of my guilty pleasures :) i missed this week too, and i'm in the states. sing song is thowing me off ;)
I'm glad you liked Italy. It's a beautiful country.
You will love Spain. I didn't make it to Madrid but Barcelona was cool. I don't know how different the cities will be :) Keep having the time of your life!
Oh, Jim and I loved Rome. We were at St.Peter's and the music started and the pope walked right by us. We had no idea he was coming, and it wasn't crowded at all. I can just imagine you there. We miss you! JoJo
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