Weekend

This weekend was filled with activities! On Saturday we went to the Colosseum and Palentine. We took the Metro to the "Colosseo" stop and the Colosseum is literally right there once you exit the metro stop. It was absolutely incredible. We waited on a pretty lengthy line in order to get inside of the Colosseum. Europeans apparently do not understand lines and therefore everyone was cutting everybody. We eventually made it inside and it was just as cool. The only bad part was that because we didn't have a tour guide or anything, I kind of felt like I didn't know what I was looking at. Hopefully once of my classes will take us there on a trip so I can get a better understanding of it all.

After our day around the Colosseum we came home and relaxed, made some pasta for dinner, and then went out to an Irish Pub called Scholars. A lot of students that are studying in Rome go there so it was refreshing to hear a lot of English:) We stayed out pretty late and so we slept in today. Our ticket to enter the Colosseum, Palentine, and the Roman Forum was valid for 2 days so we thought that we would come back today in order to see the Forum. However, most of the city shuts down on Sundays and we got to the Forum too late to go inside. I wasn't that bummed, because I know that I will go back again when people come to visit and maybe even with some of my classes. Instead, we just walked around a park that's near the Forum. At around 5 o'clock everyone was pretty hungry, but it was very difficult to find an open restaurant. We stumbled upon a tiny little place and I got some pizza. Im eager to find more restaurants so I know where my favorite places are and whatnot. Tonight we just hung out to get ready for classes in the morning. I think we might go to Venice next weekend for Carnevale which will be awesome! I will update this week about my classes!! xoxo