Day 2 - Roma

Hello from day 2 in Roma! We had an awesome day exploring the city & eating Italian food. 

Here's the view from our villa. Yes, that patio is ours. In fact, I'm writing to you from it. Underneath the stars. 

They gave her a coffee to go. Apparently it was delicious. I had a cappuccino- DELICIOUS. 

Then, the 3 competent women figured out the transportation system. Here's the aunt & mom on the tram... notice their feet don't touch!

Honestly- the subway was DISGUSTING. I am SO SO SO grateful for London & their impeccable & clean transportation system. I'm blessed to be studying there. 

We were wandering aimlessly towards the Vatican & stumbled upon a guided tour that allowed us to skip the line. Obviously we decided to join in & it was well worth it. 

Dome of St. Peter's

Pictures are forbidden in the Sistine Chapel- God might smite me for this but here's a blurry photo of Michaelangelo masterpiece- the ceiling of the chapel. 

Prepping for Palm Sunday 

Vatican Square

St. Peter's. 

The crew. 

Swiss guards you had to ask for tickets to tomorrow's service

Tiber River

Tomorrow- we adventure inside here! But for tonight- just a walk around the outside

So blessed to explore with my mama

Maybe this rock used to be part of the Colosseum? 

Our dinner. Wow. Well worth it. Here's aunt's salad. We had delicious bread that tasted just like grandma's, with a little added salt.

And tiramisu for dessert

Our villa

All in all, we walked for at least 7 hours today & saw some amazing things.

Honestly, Rome is dirty. It's nothing like I expected except in the ancient areas. The rest is covered in graffiti & not well kept. That part is slightly disappointing. But the area around the Colosseum was spectacular. To imagine they constructed something of that magnitude, but without modern technology, amazes me. 

All in all, a great day. One more day to go!

Have a great night.