Evan, Rachel, and the Shrimp Shack Shooters: Rome

After Pisa, we had one sea day and then off to Rome. It was a long drive in, and a pretty hot and humid day for how much walking was ahead of us. But we started off with driving around the city, then drove past the original Ceasar's Palace. We then parked, and saw the Trevi Fountain, which was PACKED with people. We were extremely careful who we asked to take our pictures, we mostly asked Americans or people in our tour group. Some of these places had sketchy people walking around. After the Trevi Fountain we walked through town and into the Roman ruins. It honestly was at the center of the city and they still had pillars and all sorts of remains of buildings still around. And the water system still pumped out water. No, I didn't try it even though our guide insisted it was the best water around. As we exited the ruins, we saw the Colosseum. This is amazing to see in person. Plus the history behind it. They used to have water games in the Colosseum and fill it up in the center and have sea creatures in the water as well. Also they had cages, or stalls ground out into the stone and they would put a fake stage on top of these stalls and that's where they kept the animals, or people who were fighting. The original marble seats are still in tack as well as the second story and the original stairs. All of it was mind boggling. I can't believe we were there. This was the highlight of the trip for both of us. Plus, the reason why it is half demolished on top is they used some of the stone for the Vatican. So they reused this stone for St. Peter's Square and the pillars they built in the square. After the Colosseum we headed off to an authentic Italian dinner, with espresso. Ps, if America had coffee/espresso like the Italians did I think I would drink it more, and Starbucks would go out of business. It's so so so much better! After lunch we were off to St. Peter's Square and to see the Vatican. The line was forever long and we only went into St. Peter's but just being in that area was wonderful. I'm bummed we weren't able to see the Sistine Chapel, but hey save that for another trip right? Overall Rome was a whirlwind but totally worth it! Picture overload below.