So where to start. Wednesday rolled around and I couldn't stop thinking I was forgetting something and packing and repacking... When the time came I was pretty excited, although not as excited as Chelsey. We begin the journey to Roma at 5 pm. We load on the bus and take the bus to school and then another bus to the train station and then the train to London Paddington and then the tube to London Liverpool Street and then another train to London Stansted Airport. That was a long journey with many changes and no stopping for food. We get to the airport early around 11pm. We don't fly out until 6 am so it was a long night. We start with a late night dinner. I had a lovely Egg and cress sandwich. I love them here. Once we get done we walk the whole airport and I exchange some currency. I needed some Euro! After what seemed like forever with no sleep, we finally got to get our visas checked and proceed through security. I was getting excited again even though I hadn't slept yet. Once through security we all cleaned up a little and started getting ready for the day and Rome.
The flight didn't take very long at all it seemed and I slept a little then. We landed at like 9 am, Rome time and bought the Roma pass and a bus ticket into Rome. The bus took what seemed like forever to get to Rome and I fell asleep on it. Then we walked from the Train station where it dropped us off to our hostel. It wasn't very far and we found it pretty easily. I was happy to check in. While we were getting ready our room was cleaned and we were able to put our stuff in before heading out for the day. We got maps and looked where to go and get money from the ATM and what places we wanted to see that day. We decided on Spanish steps and set out. Lunch was first, because we hadn't eaten since the night before. Lunch was amazing! We all had coffee with it and it was the best of the trip probably. I had lasagna and I loved it. I ate it so fast tho... lol. We then walked back to the Metro to get to the Spanish Steps. After that we made our way down the Via dei Condotti which is the designer shopping road. It was so amazing to see all the fancy shops. We made our way to the Pantheon where Chelsey was meeting her friend from Wisconsin who was in Rome as well. It was gorgeous to walk around the streets of Rome and the Pantheon was very cool to be inside. It was a bit smaller than expected though. After that we made our way to the Trevi Fountain and gelato! Well we ate dinner of course but Gelato was my favorite part. We ended the night after that since it had been basically two days run together.
Day 2 We headed out early and went straight to the Vatican. There was so much to see and do there that we could have spent all day but we wanted to go to the Colosseum that afternoon so we had to kind of hurry through a lot of the place. Chelsey and I went up through the Cupola and it was amazing to see the view at the top. It was however like 500 steps to the top and miserable to walk up. The view at the Colosseum was absolutely the best part for me. Having studied all the Roman myth and being in Rome was just... breath taking. I have tons of photos uploaded to Facebook. I can't believe how many I took. After the Colosseum we walked around the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill. All in all i would guess we walked 10 miles that day. It was ridiculous and my feet were dying. But we continued on and went to dinner at Chelsey's friend's house with all the other Americans were! It was so great to talk to others abroad and the food was amazing! I loved the pasta and ice cream. After dinner we went to the roof and checked out the amazing view up there. We could even see the Vatican from there. Then Jeremy called and we walked to meet the guys at the Castle of Saint Angelo. It wasn't that far but after all the walking I just wanted to sit down. from there we walked back to the Trevi Fountain and had some more Gelato and sat around there before heading back to the Hostel. Soooo much walking....
Day 3: Consisted of us doing everything we though we might have missed out on. It was raining basically the whole time but it was still great to see everything. We had Chinese for lunch which was delicious and so much food! but it also allowed us to dry off a little after being in the rain all morning. We went back to the Castle and Via dei Condotti and Spanish Steps. and last but not least we saw the Trevi during the day and did some souvenir shopping while down in that area! After an exhausting 3 days of running about Rome and eating all the food and the beautiful pictures I think I can say Rome is where I want to go back to the most. I summarized a lot of what we did but the pictures on FB will show better all the things we did. The next post should include Thanksgiving day, my birthday celebration, and a proper Rugby game hopefully!
The flight didn't take very long at all it seemed and I slept a little then. We landed at like 9 am, Rome time and bought the Roma pass and a bus ticket into Rome. The bus took what seemed like forever to get to Rome and I fell asleep on it. Then we walked from the Train station where it dropped us off to our hostel. It wasn't very far and we found it pretty easily. I was happy to check in. While we were getting ready our room was cleaned and we were able to put our stuff in before heading out for the day. We got maps and looked where to go and get money from the ATM and what places we wanted to see that day. We decided on Spanish steps and set out. Lunch was first, because we hadn't eaten since the night before. Lunch was amazing! We all had coffee with it and it was the best of the trip probably. I had lasagna and I loved it. I ate it so fast tho... lol. We then walked back to the Metro to get to the Spanish Steps. After that we made our way down the Via dei Condotti which is the designer shopping road. It was so amazing to see all the fancy shops. We made our way to the Pantheon where Chelsey was meeting her friend from Wisconsin who was in Rome as well. It was gorgeous to walk around the streets of Rome and the Pantheon was very cool to be inside. It was a bit smaller than expected though. After that we made our way to the Trevi Fountain and gelato! Well we ate dinner of course but Gelato was my favorite part. We ended the night after that since it had been basically two days run together.
Day 3: Consisted of us doing everything we though we might have missed out on. It was raining basically the whole time but it was still great to see everything. We had Chinese for lunch which was delicious and so much food! but it also allowed us to dry off a little after being in the rain all morning. We went back to the Castle and Via dei Condotti and Spanish Steps. and last but not least we saw the Trevi during the day and did some souvenir shopping while down in that area! After an exhausting 3 days of running about Rome and eating all the food and the beautiful pictures I think I can say Rome is where I want to go back to the most. I summarized a lot of what we did but the pictures on FB will show better all the things we did. The next post should include Thanksgiving day, my birthday celebration, and a proper Rugby game hopefully!
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