Roman Holiday, Thursday July 5th

Can't believe the trip I planned the first week I was in Prague is finally here!
We started off our day at 7am when a driver picked us up. We would've taken public transportation but they're working on the metros this weekend so it would've taken us way too long to get there on our own.

We flew to Dusseldorf, Germany...never heard of it before! And waited for our flight to Rome. Unfortunately our flight was delayed an hour...we were so frustrated because we really don't have that much time here.

Once we arrived in Rome we got o. A bus to take us to the city center which costs 5 euros and took about an hour. We could've taken a train that takes 30mins but it was 14 euros and we're trying to save our money for food! As we were driving it still hadn't hit me that we were here, even now I'm in disbelief. Everywhere you looked on the ride there was some sort of ruin or establishment, so awesome.

Our hostel was recommended to me by my friend Nicole who was in Rome a couple months ago. She warned me that it was impossible to find and wow was she right! We were so tired and hot and luckily asked someone who directed us to it. There's no sign for it at all which is ridiculous. Our hostel is super precious. It's basically someone's flat that's converted into a bed and breakfast. A really precious couple runs it and they were so cute and helpful. We have a private room which is really nice and we haven't seen anyone else yet so we don't know if we're the only ones.

We planned our days for the trip back in Prague so we had some sights we wanted to see. Trekking out into the heat, I soon realized my camera wasn't working! I had just charged it so I was pretty bummed it was dead (it's working now of course). Our first stop was the Trevi Fountain. Walking to it we saw such amazing sights, though we wished we could've known what they were.

Trevi Fountain was straight out of a movie. Too surreal, I still can't believe I saw it! It's so much larger than I thought it would be. Of course it was supa crowded but we managed to get some classic coin throwing pictures. We also grabbed some gelato and wow did we need it, we realized we hadn't eaten all day! We then headed to the Spanish Steps which were pretty awesome. We learned some history about it from a sign which made it all more cool.

We continued walking to the Piazza del Popolo and then walked down the river. Gotta say I wish my mom was here cause she'd have some travel book that would say what everything is! We have some research to do for the pictures we took.

We had dinner at the Piazza Novena which was good but definitely over priced. It was a beautiful view with fountains though so we were pretty happy. I'm so tired of having to pay for water at restaurants....this trip is going to make a huge dent on my wallet!

After we met one of Jesse's friends at the Trevi Fountain and walked around a bit more. She had been in Florence for 5 weeks so it was cool to hear about her experiences. We got another gelato, but this one was so much better! Only get gelato from tins that are covered. Nicole recommended a couple gelato places to me but I haven't found them yet! Gosh there's so much good food here....

I tried to meet up with a friend who's studying in Rome but she's leaving for Pompeii early tomorrow and she lives pretty far from our hostel so that was a bummer.

The walk back to our hostel was so nice, the weather was just right! We were ready to konkkkk out. Of course the wifi wasn't working so sorry to all that I didn't respond to!

In disbelief I'm here, everything is so beautiful and ancient. It's crazy to think about all the history here.

Vatican tomorrow with our Rick Steve's podcasts! Not tryin to pay for tours.

We were talking about how once we get back to Prague, the next 3 weeks are going to fly by...so sad!

Love and miss y'all!

Sbohem (ciao!),
Whit