So by the time finals got over, I did not want to go to Rome. I just wanted to go home because it was so close. But, we went and took all of our luggage with. We got a hotel close to the Termini so we wouldn't have to walk around with big heavy bags, but ended up going to the wrong station on our bus so we had no idea where we where. This was not a good start, especially when feeling like I just wanted to be home. So, Michelle and I splurged and got a taxi to our hotel, since we had no idea where we were. Then we get there and notice it is on the 3rd floor of the building (that's the 4th floor in the US). There was no way we were about to get our bags up them, so we try to use this really old fashioned elevator, and after probably a half hour of figuring everything out we finally got up to our place. Our next mission was to find the real Roma Termini Station. According to the map it was a couple blocks away. So we start walking....In the wrong direction. haha. Thankfully we run into a couple people from Kansas who tell us to turn around. Turns out if we just looked in the other direction, from our hotel you can see the train station. We felt really stupid. And by this time the frustration is just adding up, and it starts to thunderstorm. Oh great. We did not love Rome. Oh and I drank the water, which made me sick. The next morning, the last Sunday of the month, we went to the Trevi Fountain super early so no one would be there. It was amazing. I immediately started to love Rome. We threw 3 coins in each and then headed to the Vatican. The last Sunday of every month admission is free so of course we were taking advantage of that. And the pope comes out and talks to everyone. The line to get into the museums is massive, so we just got in and didn't see the pope. After two hours we finally got in. We really just wanted to see the Sistine Chapel, which of course was at the very end of a million different rooms and hallways. All the art was so amazing! But the Sistine Chapel was kind of a disappointment to me. I thought it would be this big massive room and massive paintings, but it was just like everything else in the museum. It was like it looked better in pictures to me. But don't get me wrong, it was still really cool! Monday, our last day, we went to the Roman Forum and the Coleseum. It was so amazing! Even better than I thought. But after looking at so many ruins we were just too exhausted to want to do anything else the rest of the day. Then, Tuesday morning we finally got to leave! I was so excited to be done with school and finally getting to take a break. But once we got into Chicago, I was wishing it could have lasted longer. My month there was so much fun and definitely unforgettable. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. In fact I think I will, only to a country that speaks English haha.
