Being tired enough to fall asleep but with a mind racing too fast to let go of reality. Besides, nothing says good morning like two screaming children on an airplane. Nearly impossible to fall asleep between the alternating wailing, but somehow they managed to stay quiet for about 2 hours for me to rest before the pilot signaled the wake up call at 7. Losing six hours of sleeping time is not easy to earn back.
Everything is so tiny. All the cars are compact in order to save space for parking, since there are only about 1/3 parking spots for the population of people owning cars. So little mopeds are the vehicles of choice, and boy do they know how to squeeze into tight places. There are no lines to divide the road, only at the ends to specify turning lanes. And even then people don’t tend to follow the lines anyway. They put Jersey drivers to shame…
But Rome is gorgeous. Ancient buildings, cobble stone roads, and fountains everywhere. I even drank out of one that came out the side of a building. Nothing was planned as people were still arriving later in the day, and some people didn’t receive their luggage. Mom, Dad and I decided to walk around the city over to the Vatican for a short while to walk down the roads and explore a bit. Dinner was amazing. It was a six-course meal that started with anti-pasta, followed by three courses of mixed pastas, a saltwater salad, and ended with tiramisu. Finished the day with a walk back to the Vatican to see it lit up. Nice way to end a very long day.
Rome May Not Have Been Built In One Day, But It May Be Seen In One – Day 3
Yep, waking up at 6 is way too early. But hey, if it gets me out of standing in line for 2 hours to get into the Vatican Museum, I’ll do it. Being an artsy person, seeing the ruined statues that were salvaged from the ruins and the silk paintings and the mosaics, it was absolutely breathtaking. Of course, no pictures were suppose to be taken in the Sistine Chapel of Michaelangelo’s ceiling paintings, but as the one lady started taking pictures I really really wanted to whip out my camera and join her. But I apologize for my honesty as I could not bring myself to take pictures of anything in there. Then finally we headed off to the Colosseum to end the planned tour for the day. It wasn’t what I was expecting though, only basing pictures in my mind off of what I had seen in movies. But apparently instead of the pure sand pit surrounded by stands of seats, there is more like a maze that animals were kept in. And they weren’t just your normal lions and tigers, but also giraffes and baboons and whatnot.
After a two hour break, or my daily pass out session (aka a nap), we set off for our Roman Highlights Tour. We started off with the Spanish steps, which include 138 steps, which once a year are adorned with red and white flowers. Sadly, today was not that time. But still, the style and grace of the steps was very nice to admire. Then a stop at the Trevi Fountain, where of course I threw in my coins and wished for one day to be able to return to Rome, and the other for love to find me. I’ll let you know how both turn out ;). And finally we finished at the Piazza Navona, which held yet another magnificent fountain and where we stopped for dinner. Not as extravagant as last night, but still very nice.
Lots and lots of walking, and more pictures than necessary. But I have put some up on Facebook for you to enjoy. Sorry for lack of commentary, but for now I am only allotted 30 minutes of Internet which I need to share with my parents. Don’t know when I’ll be able to post again, but until next time.. off to Florence.
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