Our second day in Rome we got up bright and early and headed for the Roman Forum.
It is located right next to the Colosseum, and it was the city center for the ancient Romans.
It was very cool, lots of old ruins and whatnot. There were still some really big columns up, which gave a sense for how tall the buildings were.
After the Roman Forum, we headed for the Pantheon. This was not one of the stops on the bus, but Amanda really wanted to go there, so we did. The Pantheon is an old temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa, for the ancient gods of Rome. It's a circular building with a cool front. So we did that pretty quick.
Then we headed to the Vatican, but first we stopped for lunch. We ate lunch at this little restaurant with outside tables and it was adorable. I think I ate spaghetti, but I remember it being great!
We did a little bit more shopping along the way and then we made it to the Vatican. Now I always thought that the Vatican was super secure and you needed to cross the boarder and have your passport yaddah yaddah yaddah, well no. Not even close. We just walked on up to St. Peter's Basilica.
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| funny sign for amy |
This was a rather funny moment. Allie is probably the most innocent and sweet girl alive, and she had decided to wear a dress to the Vatican. She wanted to dress up and be nice to go there.
Well when we got there they told her that her dress was too short ( because it was above her knees) by like an inch. So they were going to tell her she couldn't go in. Allie was so sad she almost started crying, and they told her to just hold her jacket around her waist, so her knees weren't showing. Well then I had an idea, Amanda was wearing a long, jacket, and so Allie put that on and it covered enough.
So we were calling Allie a harlot the whole time, when she was just trying to be respectful!! It is funny now, it was not funny in that moment. So we went and walked around there, we saw the catacombs, of all the dead popes. That creeped me out. There were just marble boxes that said "John Doe X II" It was creepy. So we did that, then we went and saw the Chapel inside the basilica.
We were able to take pictures and it was GORGEOUS!!!!!!!! -Churches aren't really my thing, but this BLEW MY MIND!!! ( It is also the church where the Angels and Demons took place, where the bad guy runs down the stairs to where the old popes are buried. Well they weren't allowed to film in the actual place itself, but they did it in a replica! But it was a very well done replica. It was GORGEOUS!!!!!
So after the Basilica, we decided to find the Sistine Chapel. To do so we had to walk around this wall until we found the entrance to the Vatican Museum. We did a little bit of shopping before we got all the way around, and got some gelato as well.
We got to the Vatican Museum, and it was really cool. It wasn't just the Sistine Chapel, but lots of other things. So to get to the Sistine Chapel, you have to walk through other things to get there, other hallways, galleries etc.
I thought since we had paid to get in there, that we should take the long way and see what there was to see before he Sistine Chapel. If it's good enough to be in with that, then it must be good. So we walked through painted hallways, painted rooms, hanging artwork, it was great.
Then we finally got to the Sistine Chapel, and it was dark. I suppose that's to help preserve the paint, but it is dark and there are guards in there telling people not to take pictures, when no one is listening, and not to talk. and NO one listened to that. So I decided probably one of the worst jobs in the world would to be the shusher at the Sistine Chapel. Talk about no one listening to you...hah.
I didn't take any pictures in there, it was dark....
I have to say it was cool, but I feel like I have been amazed more with other work. I know that's not what people are supposed to say, but It was cool. I'll give it that, it was very cool. But I wasn't like OMG when I walked in. But I expected to feel amazed, and then it was like, Oh, This is it? But anyways. So we continued through the maze that it the Vatican Museum, and found the statue garden/exhibit. We checked it out and found that Hagrid had been put in the museum! lol.
After the Vatican Museum we caught the bus and got off at the Trevi Fountain. On our way to the trevi fountain, we found something else amazing! THE ROME DISNEY STORE!!!
Very cool. I went in and found a Rome Disney mug and an Italian flag vinyl. So I bought them. haha. Then we were off again in search of the Trevi Fountain. It took some searching but WE FOUND IT!
The Trevi Fountain was what I had been looking forward to ALL DAY!!! possibly because of the Lizzie McGuire Movie, or other reasons. But it was AMAZING!!!!
We hung out there for a few minutes, and omg it was beautiful.
After the Trevi
There was also a pretty fountain at the Spanish Steps.
After the Spanish Steps, we went and caught the last bus back to our stop, and went back to the room.
My feet had NEVER hurt so bad, but we saw soo much!
I don't even know how we saw all that in 1 day!!! It was very cool though!!!
Until next time.....
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