Jake Comes to Rome!

Jake came to visit me in Rome this past week and we had an amazing time!! I was so happy that he was able to come :)
He arrived in Rome on Saturday morning and was super jet-lagged. But I followed my dad's advice and didn't let him sleep so that he would adjust to the time difference. That morning we took a walk around my apartment, went to lunch, and then came back and relaxed for a little bit. That evening we went to the Pantheon and walked around there, Piazza Navona,and ended up at the Colosseum which is beautiful at night. We went to dinner in that area and had some delicious pasta.

The next day we walked over to see the Pope speak in St. Peter's Square. Then we went over to the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. We also went to the Vittorio Emmanuele monument, which has the tomb of the unknown soldier on it. We went to the top of the monument which gave us an amazing panoramic view of Rome.

The next day I had class, so Jake walked around the city and then we met up and ate lunch on the Spanish Steps. I had a midterm that afternoon so I sat there and studied which was really nice. Then I took my test, we came home and relaxed, and then I brought Jake to the train station because he went to Budapest for 2 nights to visit his brother Zach. It ended up being good timing because I had to finish the rest of my midterms.
On Wednesday afternoon I was finally done with my tests and Jake landed back in Rome that night. The next morning we went over to the Vatican Museums and St. Peter's Basilica. Then we went back over to the Pantheon area and walked across the Tiber River to Trastevere for dinner. We had a great meal-I had cacio e pepe, which is a Roman dish that is basically spaghetti with butter, parmigiano cheese, and pepper.
On Jake's last day, Friday, we went for a picnic in the beautiful park, Villa Borghese. The park is a lot like Central Park in that it's a giant park smack in the middle of the city. It's beautiful, and you can rent those multi-person bikes and rowboats which looked like a lot of fun! Next we went to the Capuchin Crypt, which is a church filled with thousands of human bones of Capuchin friars. It was really creepy yet really interesting at the same time. After that, we went back to the Trevi Fountain and then to the National Museum of Rome, the Palazzo Massimo. The museum is filled with tons of interesting and famous Roman artifacts, yet it was completely empty, which i find to be kind of sad. We had a good time there, though!

Next we went out to a nice dinner, went home and woke up early for his flight this morning. I had an amazing week and I'm really sad it's over, but I'm so happy that Jake got to come.

BUT i leave tomorrow morning for my spring break to Barcelona, Vienna, and Prague and I'm sooo excited I can't believe it's actually here! I'll have a super long update about my break next week!

Ciao until then! Love you all!