Rome Day One- Day 66 Saturday, March 13th 2010
My alarm clock never went off this morning so I wasn’t able to wake up in time to make the 6:15 train to Rome, so we ended up getting on the 9:15 train. I grabbed a bite to eat at the train station before we got on the train around 9:00. We found second class seats in a small glass room that seated 6- so we were pretty cozy with just the three of us. Most of the train ride I slept. Because it was the slow train it stopped at every stop-which is why it took four hours to get there. We got to Rome at 1:47 and immediately bought bus tickets. We bought a map and got on a bus to the center of Rome- which was kind of a challenge itself. We got off at the Tomb of the Lost Soldier, which is right next to the Roman Forum. We walked around inside the museum for a half hour or so- the museum was dedicated to World War one- it was pretty cool. Most of the places I planned on taking them I already went to before when I went with the school, but ive never been inside this museum, so im glad I got to go inside.
After the museum we walked through the Roman Forum- I tried to remember as much as I could from the tour that I had when I went to Rome, but it was hard trying to recall everything the guy said. I know a lot about ancient Rome, but its hard to retell everything in the exact order for the exact location of the forum. Anyways, we walked through most of the forum, which was amazing even the second time through. I could tell my parents weren’t as interested as maybe an art historian would be- I mean if you see one shattered column, you pretty much see them all… but I could tell they found it interesting regardless. After the forum we walked to the Coliseum- which was of course, closed. We did walk around the whole thing and take some good pictures, which im sure is better than a lot of people could ask for. We plan on going inside it tomorrow if we have time. My parents wanted to find a hotel at this point but that wasn’t what was on my mind- I knew they had to see the Trevi fountain today or they would never be able to see it. So we walked all the way to the Trevi fountain- which was packed with tourists and vendors. Ohh well, at least we got to see my favorite fountain!
After we went to the Trevi fountain we began searching for a good hotel to stay at. After going to a couple hotels, we ended up staying at a pretty high-end hotel: 150 euros for the night. It was pretty nice though. Very nice. A full queen size bed and a single bed for me were in the main room, a walk-out patio with a couple tables and plants, a full bathroom with a tub and two sinks, a flat-screen TV, and 4 reading tables. Lets just say the hotel was fully equipped. After we got settled into the hotel we went to a restaurant about two blocks away, right down the street from a restaurant that the staff at the hotel recommended. The bottle of Chianti ended up being 28 euros! No wonder our bill came out to be over 70 euros!! Talk about harshing our evening mellow.. we spent way more than we anticipated.. and instead of going out tonight.. we stayed in. Ohh well, the food and servers were great, so we cant really complain can we?
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