Rome

Rome was incredibly amazing. I went with my roommate, Ariane.
We ate well, we saw cool things...
Day one: We arrived in Rome around 9pm, we went to check in at out hostel, which was well-located right near the train station, and we went for dinner. I had lasagna and Italian wine. I still don't like wine, but the lasagna was outstanding. Then we walked a bit and went to sleep.

Day two: We woke up early and scurried off to the Vatican. We meant to go stand in line for the Sistine Chapel bit first, but we got kind of lost and ended up in St. Peter's instead. So we bopped around there for awhile, figured out that that wasn't where we meant to be, and went to stand in line for the Vatican Museums, which took awhile. Totally worth it, though. We saw the Sistine Ceiling and the Raphael rooms and art and things of this nature. It was a good time, overall. Then we went for pizza, which was outstanding, and then walked to the Pantheon, the Trevy Fountain, and to see the Colosseum at night. And had another pasta dinner. And then it started raining, so we got on a bus.

Day three: We woke up and headed to the Colosseum in a roundabout kind of way, via...everything. (We were given maps with important places marked on them when we got there, we went to almost all of the places that were marked.) Anyway, we got to the Colosseum, did one of those touristy tour things where they take you in and tell you about the places and you get to skip the lines, etc. Actually, the tour was really good. So we learned about the Colosseum and then about the Roman palaces and the Forum. And then we had pizza again for lunch and wandered off for shopping. We passed Gucci and Dolce and Gabanna and things of this nature. I don't really understand designer shopping, but thats how it goes. We ended up on top of one of the hills at sunset, so we could see the whole city. It was amazing. Then we kind of wandered back toward our hostel, had another pasta dinner with a really quite amusing Roman waiter, and that was that.

Day four: We got up, got on a bus back to the airport, went to catch out plane, but we had print-out tickets and the Romans didn't know what they were, so that was a bit of an issue. It all worked out though, and we got on. We get back to England and are diverted many times in the taking-the-train-back process. They're doing work on the trains, which is pretty bothersome. It took awhile to get back. Thats how it goes, though.

So, basically Rome was amazing. I think it was about the most amazing city I have ever been to.

Pictures:
Me outside the Pantheon
The Colosseum at night
Ariane holding the Colosseum, because she is cool like that.