Today was a tiring but amazing day. I woke up around 8:00,
got ready, then we went down and I grabbed a chocolate croissant which was
amazing. We then headed towards the Trevi Fountain! On the way, we stopped at
the Capuchin Crypts. They had a modesty code but thankfully I was somewhat
modest today due to my sunburn so I got to go in. It started out with a museum
with creepy paintings of monks and stuff. Then you enter the Crypts and there
are just tons of designs using human bodies. There were a ton of monks’ bodies exhumed
for some reason and a guy felt like they could be put to better use in a more
respectful way. So he took the 3700 bodies and made designs out of the bones.
It was really creepy but cool. We waited for everyone to come out then headed
to the Trevi Fountain! Of course it’s cool and beautiful. We took lots of pictures.
When I was trying to get a picture of me throwing my coins in, this freaking
Asian lady literally sat on me because I was apparently in HER way… ya ok! We
finally got them and then got gelato with a guy supposedly known as the Gelato
Nazi. He was actually pretty nice. I got strawberry, peach, and pineapple. As
we were headed to the Pantheon, I tripped in a hole (what is with me and
holes?!) and twisted my ankle. I sat on this curb and Rick ran to get me a wrap
while Kasee iced it. I felt so bad because everyone was just standing there
waiting for me and I was like guys I’ve been here, you can go without me and
then they were like oh ya Chels we are going to leave you with a twisted ankle
in the middle of Rome… We wrapped it and headed on our way. We walked through
some cool streets with old ruins and stuff. I love how much history and
awesomeness Rome holds even in their alleys. We got to the Pantheon and walked
around, sat down inside. We met at the fountain and then headed to a few more
of Bernini’s (he did the Trevi) sculptures. Then a few of us went to this cat sanctuary
(ya I shouldn’t have gone, it was weird…). They have these old ruins that no
one is allowed on except cats. Then you can go into a little shop where they
just have cats everywhere and stuff. Blech. Moving on, we walked down and had
some awesome pizza! Then I headed back to the hotel with Mis, Tex, and Camille.
I took a nap and just hung out. At 7:00, we met everyone downstairs. Jena and
everyone was going out for her birthday but we were still full from the pizza
and we wanted to go eat at this place Sam’s friend told her about by the Trevi
so a few of us split off. On our way to the Trevi, we stopped at little stores
and street markets. A few of the girls bought purses. Jess was pissed because
she talked the guy down from 55 euro to 40 for a fake prada purse. Then Sam and
Kas get theirs for 20 and Jess was like well shit! Then Shelby got hers for 10.
The guys that sell those are just hilarious. Every time a cop even drives by,
they run away with all of their things because apparently their illegal. It’s
so funny. We were looking at these fake Rayban’s and a cop drove by and he just
took off with us holding the sunglasses and we were like uh we could totally
take these but we are good Mormon girls! We walked around trying to find the
restaurant and finally found it. We got cokes, bruscetta, I got a four cheese
and cream pasta that was just like fettuccini alfredo but so awesome and some
tiramisu of course. The waiter was hilarious – when Sam was braiding her hair
to get it out of the way, he came up and finished braiding it for her. There
were also some really awesome people next to us. He asked us to take a picture
for him and he took one for us. Then he asked us about the church. It was one
of those amazing spontaneous situations that are just so amazing! He was a very
staunch Catholic but he was still asking us questions. He didn’t even know the
LDS church was an actual religion – he thought we were just Amish or polygamists.
Sam and Kasee were the ones that really talked to them because they were
sitting close to them but they did such a good job handling the situation. It’s
hard to talk about the church because everything is so intricate and you don’t
know where to begin and everything. It was just so cool. He was really
respectful and told us about Catholicism. He asked us about drinking and
smoking (while he was doing both) and it was just such a cool experience! We
had to leave because the metro was closing. On the way, we all just talked
about how cool of an experience we had and we got all spiritual and stuff haha
such a fun night spending time with them and bonding. I hope everyone is doing
well and I’ll see you in two days! Love you!
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