Rome was amazing, from a history and architectural stand point. Seeing these landmarks that I’ve read about in my history books since 4th grade really puts everything you see in Rome, into perspective. The Coliseum, Pantheon, Spanish Steps, St. Peters Square and the Vatican.. it’s all very beautiful and quite peaceful at the same time.
I met Michele In the Rome Airport and we spent Thursday-Sunday morning together. It was awesome being able to sight – see and just relax with someone from home. Seeing her was a very welcome change of pace and I loved it. She’s still afloat some were in Italy and heads back to the states on Friday, so here’s to her returning safely, etc.
Now, Rome is very, very touristy. Barca is bad, but damn, this place is worse. No matter where you go, there are tour guides for each landmark. There are people selling stolen / hand-crafted shit all over the place, and people constantly trying to get your money in every shape and form. The restaurants are all expensive, unless of course you’re looking for like, a sand-which shop or kebap somewhere. But the food is quite delicious, and out of the 3 restaurants we ate at, I couldn’t find a thing wrong about any of the food.
I flew back to Barca on Sunday morning, and hurried back to get washed up and such to meet up with Andrew and his friends. Ben’s brother (my cousin obviously) flew in on Saturday with two of his friends from home and are here for the entirety of the week, leaving Sunday. Needless to say, we’re out every night having a blast. We (5 of us ) rented mopeds Monday and flew around the city. Ben and I then had until 8 on Tuesday to return ours, while Andrew/Ian had until Wed @ 3 to return theirs. We saw a ton of the city, including making it to a castle Ben and I had yet to find, and getting up into one of the mountains to take some amazing pics of the landscape of Barca.
As a side note, mopeds are fucking fantastic bikes to whip around a city in. I never had as much fun driving, as I did with the Mopeds in Barca. Lol.
Not sure what’s on tap for the weekend, but Ben and I have to book our flights to Germany ASAP and find a place for our families to stay in for their trip here.
Hasta Luego.
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