Roma

We spent our last day in Rome and what an amazing place to be last!!! Europe has so many historical sights that we couldn't see them all in the half day that we were there. However we did get to go to my favorite place, The Vatican. We started off with a guided tour seeing many things, like the: Colosseum, Arch of Constantine, Roman Forum, and much more. We were able to go into St. Peter's Basilica and actually got to spend a long time exploring it. Another amazing thing was the fact that we got to go down underneath the Basilica and see the tombs of some of the former Popes. I definitely want to go back to Rome to check out some of the things that we missed (like the Pantheon). I think the best part of Rome was when a group of around 13 of us went out at night and saw the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps. We left our hotel and caught a bus (at the last minute) to take into downtown Rome. We then hopped on the subway and rode it closer to the Trevi Fountain. Our ride on the subway was a few stops long so we passed the time by singing some songs. It was fun to see some different reactions. We even met a group of girls from Pennsylvania who talked to us after we sang "Praise the Lord". We made it to the Trevi Fountain and tossed in a coin. :) We then walked a few short blocks to the Spanish Steps. While we were admiring the steps we all realized that we had no idea why the Spanish Steps were famous. So when we got home I did a little research and discovered that it is the longest and widest staircase in Europe and was built with funds from the French diplomat. After a little more gelato we headed back to the hotel where we stayed up a little to late hanging out.