Gelato, Pizza, Pasta, Tiramisu,Cappaccinos...

ciao everyone! I just got back from Roma and I loved it!! The city was full of so much history and life...and WONDERFUL food! I'm not going to lie, I really indulged, but hey when in Rome, do as the Romans do! :) The Gelato was some of the best ice cream I have ever had! The pizza and pasta definately did not disappoint! I tried tiramisu which is pretty good...still prefer my gelato tho. I had the best cappaccino ever! It was a regular cappachino with Roma written with chocolate syrup on top...so yummy! Okay, now that I have went on and on about the delicious food, I will begin to tell you about my trip...

Day 1

We arrived on thanksgiving night and Rosanna's boyfriend picked us up at the airport and after checking into the hostel, Alba, Josie and I all went to find our thanksgiving dinner. Just to let you know there is absolutely no turkey in rome...we checked! So, we settled on pasta and pizza. Then we went hunting for the trevi fountain, because rosanna told us how magnificent it looked at night, and we had our first gelato! The trevi fountain looked cool, but my personal favorite time of day to see the trevi fountain is at dusk, it is perfect! From there we went to bed.

Day 2

We awoke early and headed to the Vatican. I took the Vatican tour which took me on a 3.5 hour tour through the vatican museum, sistine chapel and St. Peter's basilica. It was nothing like what I had expected! My tourguide Rachel, from ireland, was really informative and funny and pointed out all the little things I would not have appreciated. I'm really glad that I took the tour bc I would have been too overwhelmed to understand or really appreciate everything. the vatican museum consists of a lot of sculptures and paintings each installed by a different pope. We heard all about the crazy popes that lived way back when! I saw the works of Rafael...really beautiful! Then we went to the sistine chapel and it is even more spectacular than i ever imagined! It is huge and almost 3D...hearing all the drama that went behind it made it even cooler. St. Peters Basilica was a bit of a let down, it was huge, but compared to some of the other churches I have seen...not too great. From there we had our first cappaccino...yummy! and continued walking past the castle, through little towns, saw the pantheon and the spanish steps! From there we had dinner and went to Campo de Fiori with some hostel mates and I tried the italian beer, pretty good and just mingled...just fyi...italian men are not that cute.

Day 3

We got up early and headed to the Colosseum, altho it was a little bit pricey, it was well worth it to see a bit of history! It was beautiful, but on the inside totally different from what I had imagined when I had learned about it in history class. There was like a maze on the bottom with lots of obstacles. From there, Rosanna, alba and I went and saw a big white building..something with the government i think...but it was beautiful! and got cappaccinos! Then, we headed to the trevi fountain and got pictures. Trevi fountain was by far my favorite it is beautiful all day and you see so many people making wishes. From there we went to see the spanish steps which were a lot prettier during the day. From there we went and saw Centre of Popolo...something like that...which was really pretty. We got more gelato and shopped a bit, we found a christmas tree which was amazing and felt like home! The city was glowing with lights. From there we got ready to celebrate Rosanna's birthday, which was the next day, we got lost...but we eventually got there and the food was scrumchious, we tried limoncello (nasty!) and rang in her 20th birthday!

Overall, it was a wonderful trip! I was sad to miss Thanksgiving though...o well one more trip, Paris this weekend! and i will be home in less than 3 weeks! Pictures from the dance and a video should be posted soon.

Ciao!