RomAmoR

Rome was incredible! On the first day it was the afternoon so we took the "Dolce vita Walk" (thanks to Rick Steves). We first walked through the stores on the street, Via del Corso. Next we went to the Spanish Steps, which is kind of just a hang out place for teenagers. After that we walked some more, again through the stores :). After that we went to the famous Trevi Fountain which was really cool. Did I mention? It was really cold the whole time! So, we went and I got a strawberry and nutella crepe! After some more, you guessed it, walking, we got back to our hotel. Our hotel was about a block and a half from the Colosseum!

The next day was a really big day. We first went to the Colosseum, with a guided audio tour from our pal, Rick Steves. Let's just say that after we left the Colosseum, I definitely wanted to back! After that we went to the Roman Forum. Which again, was an audio tour by Rick. It was really.. Interesting.. To me it kind of looked like a bunch of crumpled up bricks.. After the Forum, we headed to the place where Peter and Paul went to jail...It has a different name but it's too complicated for my brain. It was a tour of the prison, some talking rocks and a little church. To me, it was REALLY cheesy. But it was still really cool to see the prison (I would have been fine without the talking rocks though). Next, it was night time so we did the "Night Walk" and again we were helped out by our BFF, Rick Steves (honestly I think someone's getting obsessed... *cough* my dad). But before we could start the walk we got lost, thought my dad thought we we "just around the corner". Finally we started the walk. We saw a couple of fountains, in a piazza. Though in my opinion fountains in Italy are like mosaics in Israel :). We walked to another piazza near by where a little carnival thing was happening. My mom bought a little ornament witch, named Befana, she is like Santa Claus. We also went back to the Trevi Fountain just for fun. After the walk we went back to our hotel and played some card games, then went to bed.

The next day was probably my favorite day. We went to the Vatican City. AMAZING! We first went to the Vatican Museum. We saw a lot of statues and really old art stuff, even a Egyptian mummy! After wondering through the museum we headed to the end with the Sistine Chapel. It was absolutely incredible! We were guided by Rick (again). We saw the Last Judgement and the famous God and Adam. I thought it was really sad that we couldn't take any pictures, but I saw a least five people take pictures. Only four of the five got busted which made me made that someone could just get away with that. I really didn't want to leave the Sistine Chapel but the thing on our list was Saint Peter's Basilica! If you would like to know how big it is, here it is: The length is about two and a half football fields, and the height at tallest part is about one football field!!! After we listened to the audio guide for that, we headed for the train station. If you want to know the traveling experience go to my mom's page, all I will say is that is was cold, snowy, expensive, rainy, and miserable. A couple more things... I will post my pictures later... and this is really random but.. If you have ever seen the Lizzie McGuire movie, she goes to Rome, and the Trevi Fountain, and couldn't help but think of that when we went! Remember pictures later, and check my mom's blog for traveling! :)