Ciao everyone. Today was our last full day in Rome and it was an eventful one. Me, Julia, and Amanda had a really good time. We started out early and headed to the roman forum, we were waiting for the metro when two different guys got all in our faces and were trying to talk to us. I tried to tell them “no parlemos le’italiano” (we don’t speak Italian) and they left us alone but it was a little suspicious and kind of scary but everything was fine and yes we still have all our stuff :)
We got off the metro and were heading to the forum entrance when all of the sudden this guy yells “he stole my money… he stole my five euro”. We turned around and saw this little old homeless man chasing a gypsy who was just laughing at him and taunting him with the money. It broke our hearts but it was still scary because there was no way to tell if it was real or if it was a scam just to distract tourist to steal their money because the Colosseum and forum are big target spots for pick pocketing. It’s kind of sad how you can’t really trust some people, but it was a good learning experience for us and we were extra careful to watch our stuff and watch out for each other’s stuff from then on.
The forum was so incredible. We only planned on being there for an hour or so but we ended up being there for five hours. I have always known that the forum and Palatine Pavilion were big but I never understood how big. They are like a city inside of a city. The forum was like a huge market place for the ancient Romans and because of this we liked to pretend that we were walking down the “ancient Rome gateway mall”, visiting stores like the H&M.
We sketched for a while and took tons of pictures but after five hours we decided that we were ready for something new. We left the forum and headed towards the Colosseum. It was nice because there was no traffic so we walked right down the middle of the road with hundreds of other people just taking our time and more fabulous pictures.
It was about three o clock by the time we made it to the Spanish steps we were super tired and hungry. We were hoping to have a little taste of home by going to McDonalds (because I am kind of getting tired of Italian food)… but Mickey D’s was like 8 euro (so about 12 American bucks) just for a big Mac, so we decided to go somewhere else. We ended up at another sit down restaurant where I got the most delicious sandwich. It was simple but so good. Turkey, avocado, and tomatoes. I devoured and was quite content. We then went and got gelato (lemon and peach for me) and went at sat on the Spanish steps and just relaxed… Then we went and worked of the delicious gelato by climbing to the top of the steps. It was another hard climb believe it or not but once again the views were worth it. There will be more stairs and climbs on this trip but I have no doubt that the views will be worth it every time.
After the Spanish steps we walked around Spagna for a while and ran into a break dancing crew. It was fun to watch because it was nine or ten guy’s break dancing to jazz music or something. Very different from the states but still fun to watch.
Amanda, Julia, and I got back to the hotel about six and were going to go swimming but then we all fell asleep. It’s about 9:30 here and I haven’t eaten anything sense the turkey sandwich so I’m going to head out and find something quick and then I have some packing to do. Tomorrow we head to Florence!! See you all there.
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