Rome!

It's been a while, as I've been off on my spring break in Italy. First, I went to Rome with Jenna. It was amazing! There's just so much history there that you can see everywhere you go. When you go for a walk through the modern downtown you'll just randomly come across some old ruins. Saturday, our first full day there, we went to all the sites. The Coloseeum was just amazing. It's so different in person, just standing in front of it makes you feel so small and insignificant when it's a piece of such ancient history that has stood for about 2000 years. Inside is even grander. I couldn't stop taking pictures. After that we went to the Roman forum, which are ruins from the ancient city. It's so insane. I tried numerous times to just imagine what the city would look like if all the buildings and pillars and walls hadn't crumbled. It's so cool. We wandered around the city for a while longer and saw more sites, like all the crazy buildings and monuments. This included the Trevi Fountain, and Pantheon and such. We also ate some gelato, which is the best ice cream EVVVVER, and some fast food pizza, which they literally sell by the gram. It was AMAZING. The next day, Palm Sunday, we went to the Vatican where we saw the pope! Then we went inside the museum and got to see old Greek sculptures, tons of painting and other sculptures, and finally the Sistine Chapel. Everything was so ornate and beautiful. The Sistine Chapel is so much more than the one image that everyone knows. It's a huge room covered completely is beautiful paintings, on all the walls and the ceiling. I wish I could have just laid down and stared at the ceiling for hours, but it was pretty crowded,and there were signs that specifically said, no sitting. Overall, Rome was really cool, but packed with tourists. I don't think I'd want to be there for any length of time, but I loved just wandering around and randomly running into famous buildings or more ruins. It's definitely a must-see city.