ROMAN RUINS

They were unsuccessful in case you were wondering.

Scott was in charge of the GoPro this trip and took his duties very seriously. You will see quite a few pictures of him sneaking in his most prized possession in some of our pictures.

You can really tell how much I liked him doing this.

Want to know one of the coolest things about Rome? You can be walking down the street and BAM you pass something that has casually been there for thousands of years. The Colosseum and Roman Forum were two pretty amazing sights that I don't think we will ever forget. We downloaded the Rick Steves Audio Europe App which I highly recommend. He has tons of audio guides for all the major sights in Italy and it is free!! Yes you walk around together with headphones in, but we would all press play at the same time and laugh at Rick's jokes together.  When you buy tickets for the Colosseum, you also buy tickets for the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill. They are all right by each other so we did them the same morning. With lots of breaks for our aching feet of course. It was just so amazing because one second you are walking down the street in modern day Rome, and then all of a sudden you are transported back thousands of years. Even though everything is in "ruins" you can imagine what it once looked like.

FIRST DAY

GUYS THIS IS NOT REAL GELATO! Well maybe it is but it was nowhere near as good as gelato from actually gelateria's. But it's ok, it was our first gelato of the trip so we enjoyed it.

Well all of my Lizzie McGuire fantasies were shattered to pieces when the we came to the Trevi Fountain only to find it completely under construction.

We arrived in Rome at eight in the morning, met up with Jonny and Caitlin (which I was a little worried about because foreign airports are weird), and somehow navigated our way to their hotel. We were planning on saving some money and all four of us sharing a room. We quickly found out that would definitely not be happening thanks to their hotel manager Tomasso aka our mortal enemy. So note to anyone traveling to Italy in group- sharing a hotel room is pretty much impossible because a) the hotels workers watch you like a hawk and b) they are so tiny there wouldn't really be anywhere to sleep besides four of you snuggling slash falling out of the bed. So even though our bank account had to take a hefty hit to pay for hotels for two weeks, it probably was for the best. Who knows maybe we would have hated Jonny and Caitlin if we had all been in one room. Jokes they are perfect. 

So after the hotel fiasco was resolved starvation and jet lag set in so we quickly set out to explore Rome before falling asleep in our hotel. We spent the day exploring the Borghese Gardens where we got lost and saw lots of PDA. We then headed over to the Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain. To be honest this was probably our least exciting day in Italy, So if you think these pictures aren't the beautiful Italy pictures you are looking for don't give up hope... They will be coming!!! 

P.S.- you have to pay for water in Italy. Worst thing ever...