When in Rome....
Monday March 14, 2011
Monday March 14, 2011
As we got to the airport and were about to leave to Rome, I realized how sad I was to be leaving Barcelona. I really didn't think that we had spent enough time there. Looking back it didn't seem like we were able to do too much because we didn't have enough days. Also it was sad because our group was getting split up as Sean was going to Paris with some other friends, but he was going to meet up with us again in a few days.
When we landed in Rome all of us were in the worst moods. It was still really early, none of us had slept, and it was just a bad time. We were all cranky and sassy little bitches. haha. For the first few hours we were there we weren't able to check into our hotel because it was too early, which sucked. We were forced to go out to breakfast and walk around for 3 hours, when all we really wanted to do was sleep. We saw a few things that were close to us a fountain, a basilica, some guys dressed up like warriors, ya know typical Roman things.. Finally we were able to check into our hotel. After some confusion about sleeping arrangements.. aka no one wanting to sleep with or near Dawnsquad..we were able to get in some much needed
sleep.
We finally got up and got ready and explored some more. It rained a bit and we almost called it quits.. then I saw my roommate, Sam, in the middle of Rome. She was traveling with her Dad and I had no idea she was even going there. It was very strange. After talking with her for a minute we got some gelatos and made our way to the Trevi Fountain.. where we all made some wishes. After that we called it a night and figured we would up for not doing much by getting up real early and doing a lot tomorrow.
Tuesday March 15, 2011
One thing about Rome that by this time I had already realized, is that everything is such a big tourist trap. You literally can't walk down a street without being asked by 5 different guys if you want to buy something an umbrella, sunglasses, flowers, you name it. It was actually kind of annoying, but we liked to make fun of them. They always tried to make it seem like you were getting such a good deal. "I give it to you for a sexy price" and we mock them because its never a good deal. "normally 5 euro, but for YOU, 5 euro"
Anyway, we spent the day doing only the most touristy things we could possibly do. We actually went on a hop on hop off bus and toured the city that way.
First stop was the Colosseum. Me, Emily, Sarah, and Dawnsquad actually went inside and walked around, the others went their own way. We figured we HAD to do it because its only like the most talked about old item in Rome... It actually was pretty cool to walk around and see where all the crazy gladiator fights happened, but at the same time it was sad to think about all of the people and animals that died there. Not nice. Not nice at all.
After the Colosseum we hopped back on the bus, saw some more things, and got off at
Vatican City. We went to to Popes house. and walked around St. Peters Basilica. Vatican City is serious, its so pretty but they are s protective of everything too. Some of the girls that went with us were not allowed inside of the Basilica because they were wearing dresses. Apparently that is against the rules, who knew. That was shitty for them, but the rest of us enjoyed it. The inside was beautiful and it really sucks that they didn't get to see it too.
Next stop: Musei Vaticani. I got a little pissed because most of the group basically ran though the entire thing just to get to the Sistine Chapel.. and I'm like guuyyysss other things are cool in here too! so I kind of took my time looking at other paintings and sculptures and eventually made my way to the Chapel.. Michelangelo knew that the hell he was doing when he painted that. It was fascinating. Everything on the ceiling looks like it is 3-D. but its all flat There literally looks like there are statues in the corners it is just unreal. That was really really cool to look at. We stayed in that one room for probably over a half hour it was just so amazing.
After all those adventures we got on the bus and went back to our hotel. Shortly after that we got some drinks and made our way to the Yellow Bar. Not everyone came out and basically me and Emily were on our own, well at least that's what it seemed like as I remember it. We got these really gross drinks that I'm pretty sure the bartender messed up. Got pretty drunk. Met some boys. Got asked to play a game with these other randos said yes, until we got over there and realized it was a stripping game. lol. so we had to decline. After that we went down to a different bar and tried to get a drink where big mishaps took place and ended up in Emily thinking that she paid with a 20 and not getting back the correct change. Lots of screaming happened and we left.. only to get a little bit down the street to turn around and go back to demand money. haha it was insane. We threatened to call the police and we got our money back. In the end Emily realized that she really didn't pay with a 20 haha.. so she made a little extra cash it was great.
Wednesday March 16, 2011
Even though a lot of people didn't go out the night before, half of the group didn't feel like doing anything so the adventures that happened today were
only with me, Jordan, Ross and Katie which was fine. We walked around for a while, the first real thing we did was go to see the Spanish Steps. I didn't and still don't really understand the significance of the Spanish Steps, but they were really pretty and there was a good view of Rome from the top.
Following that we took a scenic walk along the Tiber River and made our way around to the Pantheon. This was a really cool place to be at the time we were there. There is a big hole in the center of the ceiling and while we were there it was raining. It looked really cool as we were standing inside watching the rain fall into the building. After leaving there the four of us explored a little bit more then went back to meet up with the rest of the group.
Later that night we all went out to a little dance club that was located in the basement of a restaurant. There were not that many people there but it was actually really fun. There was good music and we all danced with each other and had a good time.
Thursday March 17, 2011
St. Patrick's Day! And the only place in the world where everyone wants to be on that one day is Ireland.. and we all went and left and missed it. I was a little sad about that. I know that Dublin had some wild festivities going on that would have been wonderful to take part in.
This was also our last day in Rome. We were taking a train later on to get into Venice. When we got going and checked out of our hotel we still had like 5 hours to go around and see more things, so me, Katie, and Ross took advantage of that. Everyone else basically wanted to be lame and sit in the train station waiting for our train... ALL DAY.
We hopped on the metro and went over to the Colosseum part of town again. I wasn't that enthusiastic about going in the Colosseum again, but when we learned that it was free today to view the Colosseum & Ancient ruins we had to do it. The ruins was really cool, seeing how the whole city was formed years and years ago was interesting. Rome indeed was not built in a day.
We got to adventure and made it back in plenty of time to catch our train. 6 hour train ride, not so great. But with Venice waiting for us, we were all very very excited.
When we landed in Rome all of us were in the worst moods. It was still really early, none of us had slept, and it was just a bad time. We were all cranky and sassy little bitches. haha. For the first few hours we were there we weren't able to check into our hotel because it was too early, which sucked. We were forced to go out to breakfast and walk around for 3 hours, when all we really wanted to do was sleep. We saw a few things that were close to us a fountain, a basilica, some guys dressed up like warriors, ya know typical Roman things.. Finally we were able to check into our hotel. After some confusion about sleeping arrangements.. aka no one wanting to sleep with or near Dawnsquad..we were able to get in some much needed
sleep.We finally got up and got ready and explored some more. It rained a bit and we almost called it quits.. then I saw my roommate, Sam, in the middle of Rome. She was traveling with her Dad and I had no idea she was even going there. It was very strange. After talking with her for a minute we got some gelatos and made our way to the Trevi Fountain.. where we all made some wishes. After that we called it a night and figured we would up for not doing much by getting up real early and doing a lot tomorrow.
Tuesday March 15, 2011
One thing about Rome that by this time I had already realized, is that everything is such a big tourist trap. You literally can't walk down a street without being asked by 5 different guys if you want to buy something an umbrella, sunglasses, flowers, you name it. It was actually kind of annoying, but we liked to make fun of them. They always tried to make it seem like you were getting such a good deal. "I give it to you for a sexy price" and we mock them because its never a good deal. "normally 5 euro, but for YOU, 5 euro"
Anyway, we spent the day doing only the most touristy things we could possibly do. We actually went on a hop on hop off bus and toured the city that way.
First stop was the Colosseum. Me, Emily, Sarah, and Dawnsquad actually went inside and walked around, the others went their own way. We figured we HAD to do it because its only like the most talked about old item in Rome... It actually was pretty cool to walk around and see where all the crazy gladiator fights happened, but at the same time it was sad to think about all of the people and animals that died there. Not nice. Not nice at all.After the Colosseum we hopped back on the bus, saw some more things, and got off at
Vatican City. We went to to Popes house. and walked around St. Peters Basilica. Vatican City is serious, its so pretty but they are s protective of everything too. Some of the girls that went with us were not allowed inside of the Basilica because they were wearing dresses. Apparently that is against the rules, who knew. That was shitty for them, but the rest of us enjoyed it. The inside was beautiful and it really sucks that they didn't get to see it too.Next stop: Musei Vaticani. I got a little pissed because most of the group basically ran though the entire thing just to get to the Sistine Chapel.. and I'm like guuyyysss other things are cool in here too! so I kind of took my time looking at other paintings and sculptures and eventually made my way to the Chapel.. Michelangelo knew that the hell he was doing when he painted that. It was fascinating. Everything on the ceiling looks like it is 3-D. but its all flat There literally looks like there are statues in the corners it is just unreal. That was really really cool to look at. We stayed in that one room for probably over a half hour it was just so amazing.
After all those adventures we got on the bus and went back to our hotel. Shortly after that we got some drinks and made our way to the Yellow Bar. Not everyone came out and basically me and Emily were on our own, well at least that's what it seemed like as I remember it. We got these really gross drinks that I'm pretty sure the bartender messed up. Got pretty drunk. Met some boys. Got asked to play a game with these other randos said yes, until we got over there and realized it was a stripping game. lol. so we had to decline. After that we went down to a different bar and tried to get a drink where big mishaps took place and ended up in Emily thinking that she paid with a 20 and not getting back the correct change. Lots of screaming happened and we left.. only to get a little bit down the street to turn around and go back to demand money. haha it was insane. We threatened to call the police and we got our money back. In the end Emily realized that she really didn't pay with a 20 haha.. so she made a little extra cash it was great.
Wednesday March 16, 2011
Even though a lot of people didn't go out the night before, half of the group didn't feel like doing anything so the adventures that happened today were
only with me, Jordan, Ross and Katie which was fine. We walked around for a while, the first real thing we did was go to see the Spanish Steps. I didn't and still don't really understand the significance of the Spanish Steps, but they were really pretty and there was a good view of Rome from the top.Following that we took a scenic walk along the Tiber River and made our way around to the Pantheon. This was a really cool place to be at the time we were there. There is a big hole in the center of the ceiling and while we were there it was raining. It looked really cool as we were standing inside watching the rain fall into the building. After leaving there the four of us explored a little bit more then went back to meet up with the rest of the group.
Later that night we all went out to a little dance club that was located in the basement of a restaurant. There were not that many people there but it was actually really fun. There was good music and we all danced with each other and had a good time.
Thursday March 17, 2011
St. Patrick's Day! And the only place in the world where everyone wants to be on that one day is Ireland.. and we all went and left and missed it. I was a little sad about that. I know that Dublin had some wild festivities going on that would have been wonderful to take part in.
This was also our last day in Rome. We were taking a train later on to get into Venice. When we got going and checked out of our hotel we still had like 5 hours to go around and see more things, so me, Katie, and Ross took advantage of that. Everyone else basically wanted to be lame and sit in the train station waiting for our train... ALL DAY.
We hopped on the metro and went over to the Colosseum part of town again. I wasn't that enthusiastic about going in the Colosseum again, but when we learned that it was free today to view the Colosseum & Ancient ruins we had to do it. The ruins was really cool, seeing how the whole city was formed years and years ago was interesting. Rome indeed was not built in a day.
We got to adventure and made it back in plenty of time to catch our train. 6 hour train ride, not so great. But with Venice waiting for us, we were all very very excited.
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