Roma Italia

I fell in love. Sorry Mom, I'm not coming home...I'm just going to live here. Okay?

Now there are pictures! Enjoy. I'll highlight what we've done and seen in the past few days anyways, along with a few Did You Knows?





We saw the Colosseum - wow - it is absolutely fabulous, hard to believe that it is right in front of you when you are there. We took a guided tour, and wandered around with our jaws on the floor. This was the ultimate hotspot of ancient Rome - the site of the gladiator games. Did you know that the Romans invented cement? Following this discovery they began to build domes and curved walls. We also saw the Palatino & Roman Forum - another guided tour. This is where 2 million people lived in ancient Rome, and also where Julius Cesear walked the streets and was stabbed 60 times. Also where Augustus ruled after proving his worth as a brilliant military general. Did you know that the water system they built and used is the same one used today to feed all the water fountains around Rome? This has saved us at least 20 euros on water so far. The fountains are all around Rome, and you just fill up your water bottle whenever you find one. They were unmatchable in their engineering, we are unable to recreate a Roman Bathhouse - even when we use the same materials and/or highly educated engineers of our time. We also saw the Vatican City - it is its own country with its own military, stamps and currency. We weren't originally planning on going there, but we are glad that we did. We saw Michaelangelo's ceiling in the Sistene Chapel, as well as his Last Judgement painting. Michaelangelo was into painting (and sculpting) nude people, but that was frowned upon by the pope. His Last Judgement painting has coverings painted over all the male body parts. We saw the Trevi Fountain - threw a coin and made a wish - and the Spanish Steps. So cool! Not the same in pictures, but still gorgeous.

Shopping, way too easy to spend money here. Big purchase of the day? An Italian Leather Jacket. Wow!!!

Our Hostel here was not as good as we hoped - a little dirty and broken, but for only two days we just made do. Other adventures in this fabulous city included messed up reservations and seeing a man attempt to jump off the monumento a vittorio emanuele - also known as the wedding cake building.