Rome. Again, this is going to be very hard for me, because exactly like Morocco, words cannot begin to describe how incredible the trip to Rome was. It was so far and beyond anything I could have hoped it to be, and believe me my expectations were high. As most of you know, I love history, in particular Roman, Greek and Egyptian. Being in this city, where so many incredible things happened and where so many incredible people lived was unbelievable. It really was like living in a dream. Whereas Morocco was beauty, this was for history; it is unlike anything I have ever seen before. Out of all the trips I have taken, Morocco and Rome are clear number 1s, (I can't pick one so I have two number 1s!) They were just so perfect in every way, I got to see everything I wanted, and was with amazing people the whole way. So to start off this story, we begin where I left off last time, at the airport in London. I was so excited because Rome was the place, pretty much in the world, that I had wanted to see the most. I could barely sit still on the plane I was so excited. When I landed I met up with Ravi, he had just come from the freezing lands of the Baltics and seeing him again was really awesome, especially the fact that we were in Rome! We got on a bus that would take us to the center of the city, and then we began by trying to find our hostel. This did not work out so well at first, haha, we were a little confused by the directions, and had to eventually ask a tourist information booth, but eventually we were on the right track. The walk there was a little strange, because it kind of looked like a not so good area, but it all turned out ok. We finally found our hostel, Ape Latina, and once again we were a little unsure, haha. No one answered, we went in and the door man told us to go upstairs, and when we finally got upstairs we were greeted not by the owner of Ape Latina but... Laura (from Morocco)!!!!! It was an awesome surprise and it was a nice reunion. So we settled in to what turned out to be a really nice hostel, but different from any of the other ones. So we settled in, put our stuff down and began our exploration. We started off by getting lunch, and we went to a pizza restaurant because it had been a while since I’ve been in Italy and had a good Italian pizza, and as it turns out, this place did not serve pizza until 7! We were like what! So I got Risotto instead which was still pretty good. We then found a metro stop, and went to one of the stops that seemed central. It was kind of north of the city, and right by the Villa Medici, which had beautiful gardens and parks. We walked around there for a while, and came to a museum and got what was pretty much our lifesaver, the Roma Pass. It gave us a three day metro pass and 2 free entries and discounts to all the museums and archeological sites. It was pretty awesome. Then we kept walking, and we were in search for Pizza or Gelato, but had no luck so far. We walked down these stairs which were supposedly the famous Spanish Steps, and we had no idea, haha oops. We finally found some pizza and had a second lunch, it was awesome. We walked a little farther and came to the Vittorio Emanuele II Monument which held the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and was just an absolutely beautiful building (The picture at the top). We walked around and to the top, and just as we were overlooking the city we got our first view of the Coliseum!!! Wow, that moment was amazing. After the monument we started walking to try and find the Pantheon. As we were walking we found the coolest Disney store, probably in the world, it had Disney Characters dressed as Romans used for the columns in the store, it was sooo cool! Oh, and they had Wall-E!! After we were walking the streets of Rome and eventually found ourselves staring at the Pantheon!!! This was the most important temples for the Romans and seeing it was something else, it was such a beautiful building, and the inside was even more beautiful. We were there for a little while, and then we met up with Antonio! It was great seeing him, because it had been a long time!! He was staying with two of his friends and we sat and talked to him for a while then had to go, because we had to catch our Time Elevator!! Haha, the time elevator was one of those shows in a movie theater that have the seats move and stuff, and it took you quickly through the history of Rome, it was pretty cool, but a little too expensive for what it was. It is a funny story now though lol!! After the incredible (haha) Time Elevator, we walked around some more, and as we were walking we turned a corner, and out of nowhere appeared, hands down, the most amazing fountain I have seen in my life, the Trevi Fountain. This was part of the old Roman Aqueduct which brought Romans water in ancient times, and now was used as a fountain, and it is beautiful, with statues and waterfalls and everything. We hung out there for a while and got some really good gelato and just enjoyed the night. We were all pretty tired so we headed back to the hostel, and went to bed because we were so excited to start our next day and continue exploring this amazing city!!! 
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