Our first stop was the Trevi Fountain. Probably my favorite spot in all of Rome. It may be touristy but it's sooo gorgeous you don't care. We threw coins over our backs like tourists to make sure we return!
La Perla's window display on Via Condotti - which leads to the trend report for Rome: In - all shades of purple, trench coats, burberry scarves for men and women, spray tans, designer purses mostly Gucci and Louis, low heeled riding boots. I've seriously never seen so many girls wearing purple.
The Pantheon - rebuilt in 125 AD from whenever it was built before that. It's freakin' old. It also really got me to thinking - what do they do when it rains? As there is an open hole in the ceiling and apparently they have mass there, but the floor is marble. Hmmm. Note to self - don't wear heels there.
Alex inside the Pantheon
Michelangelo's Pieta which he carved at age 23. Made me feel slightly inadequate. I mean I haven't exactly carved any masterpieces yet.
Outside the Vatican in St. Peter's Square (more like a circle). We got really lucky and wandered into the Vatican right as a mass was starting and got to attend mass. There were nuns from all over the world visiting Vatican City and I don't think I have ever seen a happier nun than after that mass...
The best gnocchi - it just melted in your mouth - from a cafe on a side street of Via Nazionale. Look at that cheese dripping off. It just doesn't get any better than that.
Alex got a roasted vegetable pizza
After dinner we attended an Opera performance at a Episcopal Church near our Hostel. The opera singers were quite frisky and as the performance went on their personalities kept coming out more and more until the encore when one of the male singers grabbed a woman from the audience and started dancing with her while singing an aria from La Traviata.
Some REEEEAAALLLY old bibles at the Musei Vaticani
The Musei Vaticani gardens... I think my eyes are closed... oops. Oh well at least now we have proof that Alex and I were there at the same time... hahaha
Becoming coffee/espresso addicts - just as Melanie predicted.... but after looking through the Pope's collection of artwork for hours and feeling slightly depressed that 90% of it is still hidden, one needs a little pick-me-up.
The most amazing/expensive panninis - outside the Vatican and Cappuccino with chocolate sprinkled on top. Reaffirmation that you just can't get bad food in Rome.
The Forum. We discovered this amazing view of the ruins after accidentally climbing a hill behind the Bocca della Verita.... definitely worth the hike.
Jumping for joy at the Colosseum!
On our way to attend a dinner hosted by our hostel, everyone paused for night pics of the Colosseum. Dinner was all you could eat pasta and chicken and all you could drink red wine and was led by a crazy Brit named Jeff and a tiny life-loving Italian named Salvatore...
Salvatore (the Italian host) forces us to reinact "Lady and the Tramp" with bread since we were eating penne and not spagetti and perhaps out of a bit of consideration for my white top... He was quite the romantic and brought red roses for all the girls that attended the dinner and later made Alex propose to me with the most lengthy Italian proposal ever behind a parked car.
Our new friends from around the world - Tom (Austria), Natalie (Wales), me, Salvatore (Italy), Damir (Turkey/Germany), Alex and Gina (Wales) - the most fun-loving group ever. We frolicked through the streets of Rome drinking red wine and singing Back Street Boys and Spice Girls - it was quite a night.
Gina, me and Natalie on our last night in Rome.
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