Wednesday, July 17, 2013

July 16, 2013 – Colosseo, Forums, Heat, and Rome Life at Night

I couldn't fall asleep last night until like 2:30, probably because I took a nap yesterday. I woke up around 8:15 and got ready. We went down to breakfast. I had some toast with honey and a chocolate croissant. We then all headed to the metro to go to the Colosseum! Since I had been there before, it was nothing new really but I still love it! It’s so amazing to me the history and the amazing architecture that has lasted this long. We walked around, took a bunch of pictures, checked out the gift shop, went outside and took pictures of the exterior. We got a slushie which hit the spot because it was so freaking hot already and It was only like 11:00 in the morning. We met back up with everyone and then went to the Palantine Hill ruins and walked around. We took breaks in the shade a lot because it was so hot. It’s super nice that they have the water fountains everywhere to fill up water bottles and such. We walked through the forums and then walked down and grabbed some lunch. I split a chicken sandwich and some Pringles with Cassidy which was pretty good. I got a gelato and we just chilled. We met back up with everyone at 2:00 and just walked around the ruins some more, saw the Trajan Column which we saw a copy of in the V&A in London. Then a bunch of us headed back to the hotel. We stopped at the grocery store on the way and got coke and chocolate. Sam and Kas had stayed behind so I had to be let in to my room because I thought they had the key. I jumped in the shower and just stood there because it felt so good. Apparently Jess and Shelby knocked on my door and when I came out to get my clothes, they all walked in and got mad at me because turns out Kas and Sam left the key at the front desk. Oh well. Stephen and Tayler came down to give us something and told us they were engaged!!! He did it at the fountain down the street from our hotel and was just really cute! I'm so happy for them. I love them and they are the cutest together. Anyway, I got dressed and ready then we all just kind of hung out, facebooked, did pictures, and stuff. At 7:00, I met Jess and Shelby downstairs for dinner. It turns out that you have to have a group of at least 8 people to eat at the hotel. So we just went out to get pizza with Sam and Kas. The pizza place we went to was weird – they had a bunch of weird kinds with like potatoes and stuff but no cheese or pepperoni… and I was feeling a little heat stroke – I got sunburnt pretty bad and we were out in the sun like all day so it makes sense. But I wasn’t feeling too hot so I just didn’t get any pizza. After they finished, we found a gelato place. I, of course, got gelato. I got tiramisu and caramel and it was super yummy. We then got on the metro and went back to the Colosseum to see it all lit up and stuff at night. We took tons of pictures and just had a good time. We asked these guys to take a group picture of us and they did. Then we took a group picture of them. They were from Alaska and were really nice. We walked around a bit, took more pictures. Around 9:30, we headed back to the hotel. I’m blogging and going to bed because I’m super tired. I hope everyone had a wonderful day and I’ll see you on Friday!  

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