Roman Holiday

This past weekend I went to Rome with Clarice to visit Anna and Janine and take in the sites. It was so much fun. I had a great time. Clarice I flew in Friday night. We stayed at a cheap hostel, in a long narrow room with 8 other beds. Kindof sketch and ghetto, but it was all other students there, and we only had to be there at night, we just needed beds to sleep on. Saturday morning we got up early and met Janine and Anna outside a metro stop. Then they gave us a very comprensive tour of the city. First we went to St. Peter’s. It was awesome seeing it, because I have learned out it in art history so many times. It was fun being able to point out all the things I’ve had to memorize over the past couple years. Then we went to the forum, which was the heart of the Roman city. It has the most Roman ruins. It was so awesome, I think that was my favorite part of our trip. I had flashbacks to those two years of Latin I took in high school. The forum had all kinds of ruins like two triumphal arches and some temples. I can’t remember the names of everything that was there. It was crazy walking were ancient Romans once did. The highlight of the forum is of course the colloseum. Unfortunately it was closed so we couldn’t go in. But it was great seeing it in person. I still can’t believe I’ve seen it. We ate lunch at a favorite resturant of Janine and Anna’s, that has 100 different kinds of pasta! I got a pretty traditional kind, with basil, tomatos, and cheese. It was good! Next we went to the Pantheon, an ancient Roman temple that has a huge dome, which was a great innovation at the time. We also saw the Trevi fountain. The tradition here is to make a wish and throw in three coins over your left shoulder. That’s what the video of me on facebook is, it’s on Clarice’s profile. We also saw Trajan’s column, another famous monument. For dinner we got some brick oven pizza. Italian pizza doesn’t have tomato sauce on it. I got sausage, mushroom, and cheese. That night we went out to an Irish pub and just did some more catching up. It was great haning out with Anna and Janine! The next morning we met up for breakfast at a little café. Oh I forgot to mention, Italian pasteries are delicous! On Saturday I got a cannoli, one of my favorite pasteries. Sunday for breakfast I got another yummy pastery and a cappachino. Both were wonderful! After breakfast we walked around an open air market for a bit. Then Clarice and I headed on over to the airport. The ride home was beautiful. We didn’t seen anything on the way in because it was nighttime. However when we flew out I saw the Mediterranean for the first time, and the Alps! The Alps were gorgeous, we took some pictures of them. One of those pictures is currently my desktop background. Okay I only mentioned food a couple times in this blog, hehe