When in Rome…

             So I got back from Morocco on Tuesday night and less than 12 hours later I was headed on a plane to Rome, Italy!  All we had were our plane tickets too so we weren’t quite sure where we were staying or what we were really planning on doing.  When we got to the airport there were like 5 bus drivers flocking towards us to take us to our hotel.  The problem with this was we didn’t have a hotel.  So we went to find some internet at the airport and found a hostel.  We ended up going with 5 other people in a van to get there.  This ride was a lot of fun and very interesting because there were 8 of us and only 7 seats so we were all jammed in.  There was a couple with us from Australia and they kept making jokes about the whole thing.  It was entertaining.  We were the first to be dropped off, and we get to the hostel and they say that they don’t have any rooms for tonight.  So now we are walking around Rome at about 9pm trying to find internet again so we can find a hostel.  We ended up finding a place with internet, which was much cheaper than the internet in the airport, and booked a hostel but just for one night because it was pretty expensive.  We find the hostel and get a room, but it’s actually not a hostel it’s a hotel so it was pretty expensive.  It’s all right though we got it all figured out and ended up booking a different place for the next two nights. 

We went out and experience our first Italian food, pizza.  It was delicious!  We asked the waiter if they were personal sized and he said yes.  Definitely not personal sized, so we all had a medium pizza to ourselves.  It was very good though, the best meal we had their except for the gelato of course.  The food was one of the best parts about the trip.  Pizza, pasta, gelato, my three favorite things! 

Our first day there we pretty much backpacked across all of Rome.  Our new hostel was on the other side of town, so we took our bags and walked there sightseeing along the way.  We saw to the Castle Sant’ Angelo, the Pantheon, and the Trevi Fountain.  They were all very cool!  The second day we went to The Vatican and saw the Spanish Steps.  We also walked through Heart Park.  This isn’t what the park is actually called, but it’s shaped like a heart so we just called it that.  The third day we went to the Coliseum and the Roman Forum.  The Coliseum was my favorite, it’s so big! Then we had a lot of time to kill because we had to catch a 9pm bus so we could get to the airport. Our flight was for 6am the next day, but the last bus left at 9.  So before we left we went back to the Trevi Fountain and hung out for awhile.  Also, experiencing a night at the airport was pretty interesting too.

 In Rome, we also met a lot of people at our hostel.  The first night we met a guy from California who is friends with a girl from Central!  It’s such a small world!  So we talked to him for awhile and he told us about some famous Gelatarias, which were very good.  We also met a Canadian, a few Australians, and a Brazilian.  It was fun to meet and hang out with people from all over, and here about all the places everyone had been.  It was a great trip and I really want to go back to Italy some day!