We all woke up this morning refreshed and ready for our sightseeing day and went down one floor to the breakfast room. Breakfast consisted of very tasty rolls with strawberry, cherry, and peach jelly. There was also nutella, sugar coated croissants, and hot cocoa! Yum!
First stop, train station to buy our bus tour tickets. Then onto our two story hop-on-hop-off tour bus. It was the same kind of thing we did in New York. We listened with the head phones about the history of specific buildings and it was really neat! Our first hop-off was at the Colosseum and it was probably my favorite. It was ginormous!! And I couldn't believe I was standing in front of it!! We even got to go inside for free because we were under 18. The lady actually argued with Emily telling her she was already 18 and Emily kept telling her 'No, I'm not 18 yet. I will be in December.' Turns out we forgot that here they read dates different so on her license it read 12-02-1996, making it seem to the lady she already turned 18 on February 12th since they write the day first and then month. Haha it was the funniest thing... Anyway, the inside was so flipping cool!! It's as big as autzen stadium and before they built underground storage long long ago, they'd fill it up with water for sea battle reenactments and shows like that. Also, in the morning there would be executions, and in the afternoon, the gladiators would come out and perform. They would juggle, do magic tricks, and other entertainments. It was incredible!
We made our way to the Ancient Ruins and that was also very cool to see original bits and pieces from thousands of years ago. Then we got back on the bus and got off at the Vatican. We didn't go inside, but we took many pictures and basically just tried to stay out of the sun for awhile. We also got some delicious ice cream!
Next stop, Spanish steps. We didn't know what it was going to be or what the story was behind it but it was just a long set of white marble stairs. At the top were a bunch of painters and caricature artists and those were pretty to look at. We had passed all the major shopping streets and stores so we walked back down them to check em out. We stopped in the Ferrari store first and everything was way over priced, but there was a cool race car inside that I got my picture with, haha. Across the street was a beautiful Magnum shop!!! You could make your own Magnum bar!! So Emily and I took advantage of this awesome opportunity and made our own. I got a vanilla bar dipped in milk chocolate covered with chocolate crackle candy, chocolate pearls, and mini colored macaroons and drizzled with white chocolate on top with the little chocolate Magnum M logo. It was the best ice cream bar I've ever had in my entire life... Haha!
When we got back to the hotel, we all showered because we all felt super sticky from the humidity and heat. It was really nice. We left for a later dinner at 9pm and went to the same restaurant as last night. The waiter asked where we were from and said the US, so he sat us near a table with other Americans who were from LA, haha. We all got pasta and shared and it was soooo good. And we decided on a third ice cream to end the night!
Venice tomorrow!
Lanie
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