Finally In The City!

This morning Trent Witt and I finally made it to our new hotel in the center of the city of Rome.  We spent last night in a nice little hotel in the town of Fregene.  The room was nothing like we are used to in the States, but for the cheap price, I was impressed.  The guy at the front desk was a very nice man.  We could actually talk to him and gave us useful information about how to get around.

We left the hotel at 10:00 this morning and tried to get on a bus to take us to the train station.  Well, at 11:30 and after a failed attempt at talking to a woman at a smoky tabachi shop, we finally gave up on trying to get on the bus and walked back to the hotel we were staying at.  When we walked through the door, or little front desk man knew exactly what happened.  Feeling sorry for us, he put us in his car and took us to the train for a really cheap price.

The train took us to within three blocks of where our new hostel is.  We were able to walk with our suitcases and check in.  Another American stopped us on our way and asked us if we needed to know where we were.  I was not happy with that, we were trying to blend in.  Guess it wasn't working!  We were early for our reservation, so we reluctantly left our bags with the woman at the front desk and went to grab a bite to eat.  The pasta I had was amazing.  It was a spinach ravioli dish drenched in sauce.  We went back to the hostel and got all situated.  I was exhausted so I fell asleep for a little while.

When I woke up, we went for a walk to go explore the city.  We got a general idea of where stuff was and just headed out.  After we almost got hit by several cars, we made it to the Coliseum.  I didn't really know what to expect, but the Coliseum was absolutely amazing.  I really don't think we could construct something that would be even close to how this thing is built.  It blows my mind.  Once again, we were instantly picked out by another American foreign exchange student, Trish.  She was from Indiana and talked so fast, I could barely get a word in.

We finished our walk by checking out the Roman Forum.  We just missed Trevi Fountain by a block on our return trip.  That made me mad, but I guess it's just another excuse to go out and explore.  Well, that's what happened today.  Ciao!