We continued our walk....
Taking in all the beautiful sights and slowly approaching the Colosseum!!!
I literally can't even believe I was there. It felt like a dream. The line to get in was so long but when we first arrived in Rome we all bought a Roma Pass which is good for 3 days and allows you free public transportation, free entry into 2 museums and some other discounts. So worth it! So we got to cut the line and we were in the Colosseum within 20 minutes. The only downfall was the intense smell of the sweaty Europeans and tourists. So bad! lol. But it wasn't over there because we saw some more amazing ruins and unbelievable sights!
And onward we walked! The Trevi fountain next? I think so!!!
Of course I had to make a wish...
And why not drink some of the trevi fountain water too?
And obviously we weren't done yet....time to walk up the Spanish Steps!
And yes, we did all of that in one day! Then we went back to our awesome apartment we rented and all cooked dinner, cheap and delicious.
Friday, October 25th, another day of amazing sightseeing was in front of me. We headed out around 10:30 and were off to Vatican City! The photos below are just parts of what I saw and can't even believe I experienced.
Yeah it was just a little crowded... Smelly tour group central! After we made it through the Vatican museum, we lucked out and didn't have to wait to get into the Sistine Chapel. No photos allowed again but I mean....come on....
And right as we left we walked down an amazing hallway...
...which then lead us out to St. Peter's Square!
And our last sight to see...Saint Peters Basilica. It was too beautiful in there. Once I walked in I got the goosebumps (Mom, I now know how you must have felt, especially when you saw the pope lol).
It was finally time for some food so 3 of us headed to this awesome Salad restaurant that was recommended in Rick Steve's Rome guide book (my roommate Sam is all about Rick Steve). This salad was too good to be true....pine nuts, pineapple, mango, I was in love (Michelle, if we ever go to Italy together, we are hitting this place up everyday! You would die).
And I guess every meal must be followed with some gelato right? Even though I'm pretty sure I've already eaten my body weight in gelato during my entire time in Italy, so worth it.
Next we ventured off through a beautiful part of town and did some shopping. I controlled myself luckily.
What an exhausting day. We headed back to the apartment, relaxed for a bit and then some of us were off again. We were headed towards another restaurant that Rick Steve's guide book suggested but before that we figured, why not stop at the Trevi fountain again and see it during the night time.
It was even more beautiful the second time. Then we headed to the restaurant where I got another banging salad! Oh and we each got a free glass of Sexy Wine because we had the Rick Steve's book with us. But our waiter was so awesome he even gave us each a free refill! Apparently, our waiter is actually friends with Rick Steve's son, he showed me a Facebook conversation that they recently just had to prove it. Haha
Then we walked towards another fountain we stumbled upon and guess what we did there.....ate more gelato!
And I made a wish in this fountain as well! We headed back to the apartment and everyone was too tired to go out but we had some wine. Everyone fell asleep but I kept my party going and drank some wine over Skype with Michelle and Erin who were getting ready to go out back in Astoria (I miss you guys, thanks for keeping me company!).
What a great way to end the day.
Saturday, October 26th, our last full day in Rome. A really relaxing day. Did some walking around town, window shopped and went to a different L'insalata Ricco (that awesome salad restaurant).
I also found all the ingredients in a supermarket to make my families famous bean dip aka the stinky feet dip. Haha. Everyone loved it! Then it was time to get ready and see Kill the Noise! We got there around 10pm and it literally cost 10 euros to get in. I didn't see his whole set because we left pretty early. Probably wasn't the best decision to drink that cheap 5 euro rum back at the apartment before the concert. We all made it home safely and with only about 3 hours of sleep, I woke up and was ready to leave for our 8:30 flight to Barcelona! It was a rough morning to say the least...taxi, plane then bus ride...all the motion was no bueno for me. Lol. (Mom, don't be worried, I'm fine now).
Rome, you were good to me but Barcelona here I come!
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