When In Roma

Hello! So people keep yelling at me for not writing on this yet. I apologize but #1a. I pay for my internet time #2b. There is a rapisty 30-something man who hits on me every time I'm here and #3c. The keyboard here is not that different, but just different enough, to be super annoying. Example: the enter key is half the size so i have to reach extra far and frequently miss it.

Okay soooo...
My flight here was so smooth, absolutely no fiascoes whatsoever. I was a little bit upset about that because I'm working on getting some good stories for all of you. However, I did sit next to foreigners on every leg, so there was very little speaking to humans for 26 hours, and I also almost fainted from lack of sleep and an overload of plane food. Anyways, three other girls arrived around my same time, actually two had been waiting for threeish hours, but we took a taxi to our hotel. I was put in charge because I "speak Italian". I had no seat belt and he was driving 500 miles an hour. Lesson one: Italian driving is a little bit fast, but they drive small cars that stop quickly. They aren't actually that crazy, everyone exaggerates this. I'm also a pro at just walking out in the middle of the road confidently...they will stop. To avoid falling asleep at 4 in the afternoon we went downtown and got lost in Rome. We could have used a map but it was more fun to stumble upon things...including the Spanish Steps and the Trevi Fountain(no big deal).

Basically to sum up Rome: Everything here is beautiful. Each building is so sweet, old, and unique and I could stare at each one for an hour, but there are thousands. Every church is so ornate I don't even know where to look. I have seen so many paintings, sculptures, and buildings that I have studied in school and it is soooo weird to be that close to the real thing. Basically my brain is on overload...but I love it!! We come back to our hotel everyday on the edge of death from walking so much. We frequently starve ourselves to avoid paying for food, but the food I do eat is absolutely delicious(minus a pizza my friend and I ordered last night that we named seaweed pizza...it IS what you are imagining).

Just so all of you know, an attorney at Dad's office, Luis, made a bet with Dad that I will come back and live here. They're only betting on a nice lunch so I don't feel much pressure. But I could definitely live here, not forever, but it is sooo my kind of city.

We leave tomorrow morning, Wednesday, for Naples and Minori. I'm way excited for that!!
When I get to Siena I'll be able to put up picures and show you specific things...promise! I've taken probably 400 pictures already. Loving life...wish you could all be here with me!!