First Full Day of....Gelato

Well today was our second day(first full day) in Rome. We saw ALOT and walked even more. The weather is surprisingly warmer than i expected and I'm going to be returning to the US ten shades darker. On our first major adventure into the city, we took the Metro. This is the Roman version of the subway. Its similar to that of New York's but depending on the line it can be fancier. It also gets a bit more packed i feel than those in new york but it feels faster. When we got off the metro, we walked out and right away we saw our first big OMG thing. Right across the street just chillin out was the Colosseum. When i saw it thats when i knew, i was in Rome.

We passed the Colosseum and proceeded to go to the Imperial Fora. We saw the remains of those we could see, and thats was cool. We had studied these places during the semester so to be able to see them and whats really left in person was cool. I Really like seeing the column of Trajan because it was fully there and we questioned the scale of it in class. After the imperial fora we went to see what the natives call Mussolini's typewriter.

This grand and ornate marble white palace looking thing was huge and noticeable for most of the morning. When we went up its stairs the scale of the building really started to sink in. It was pretty big and we weren't even at the top. Once inside we climbed more stair and reached a portion that over looked the city skyline. That was a beautiful view but again we were still not at the top. At that point we took a lunch break and wandered off to regroup later.

For lunch i followed Jackie (one of my two professors) to find somewhere to eat. I knew i was hungry but i didn't know what i wanted. She took the group that followed her to what she says is the best Roman pizza place in the area. I had a margarita which is considered a plain here. it was all pretty cheap surprisingly and we ate outside in the shade. The pizza itself wasn't that bad but i preferred the one we ate last night. After that we went to an electronic store for a few people and then the best thing happened. We went for GELATO!!! It was my first time trying it and it was AMAZING!. I had a coconut flavored one and it was pretty damn good. Gelato is similar to ice cream but creamier. It also tastes like ten times better...just saying. That was a personal highlight of my day.

Overall today was pretty long but pretty good. We walked way too much even coming back from dinner! But i hear that tomorrows agenda is less extensive so heres hoping for some clubbin!!!