Day 45: The Coliseum, the Roman Ruins, Salvador Dali exhibit, and the Vatican

My breakfast

The metro

I saw this at the station and
thought it was really cutie

Me in my pretty skirt and
shirt in front of the
Coliseum

The Roman Ruins from the Station

Me inside the
Coliseum

the Colosseum

These used to be stairs

Me in the Colosseum

me in the Colosseum but
with the Ruins in the
 background

The steps we had to take to
get to the second floor of
the Colosseum

Inside of the Colosseum

The Colosseum

view from the top of the Colosseum

Picture of the stairs you have to take to get to the
second level/ top of the Colosseum

Me in front of the Colosseum

the Cobblestone streets

this was on our way to what I thought was the
Ancient ruins

Looking back at the Colosseum

me

This is a picture that we got taken with
some guys on our way to the ruins.

Me in front of the ruins

The ruins

this is a picture of a
column with my hand in front
Is it not amazing that
this was hand carved?

The ruins

The ruins

This is the museum that the Dali exhibit
was in and the reason we just happened
to see it was because it was right next to
the ruins

The ruins

The ruins

This was an advertisement we kept seeing
all around Rome and just so you know
you are not supposed to take pictures in the
metro because i got told by the metro police
not to take any more pictures after I took this.

Where we had lunch

I had Lasagna and was still hungry after

So I had a fruit tart and an espresso!

On our way to the Vatican it is right down
that street

A mural we saw on our way to the Vatican

Me at the Vatican

In of the Cathedral

Toady we got up at 8:00 AM to get ready to go and have breakfast before we got on our way to see the sights. the breakfast was really good . On the way into the metro we saw a little shop and stoped to see what they had, I was in awe of a dress I found for 10 Eros and so I got it We got on the metro and had to transfer to line B at Termini Station so Alex took that chance to get some cash and we got to see the station again which was fun cause I saw a few things I had not seen the day before. Then we were on our way to the Coliseum we got off at Colosseo station and it was right there we then used our handy Roma Passes to get in and only had to wait 30 minutes once we got in it was so pretty. I took tons of pictures after we walked around the Coliseum we went to try to find the entry to the Roman Ruins. It took us a while to find but we did and got a painting and some really pretty paintings and funny pictures along the way. When we found the ruins we also found the Salvador Dali exhibit which he is a painter that was around in the 1930s and is widely known for his melting clocks painting and his lip sofa. after we walked around that exhibit we made our way back to the station to go to the Vatican and we saw a bike race that was getting news coverage and we had kids in front of us trowing water all over the place. We got to the Vatican area and decided to have lunch and shop a little I got a few souvenirs and we had a really good lunch. then we made our way to the Vatican, but my camera shut off so we will have to wait for pictures of that cause The other girls took them. After that we went back to the hotel and Rachel and Alex freshened up while I had a nice bath and went to bed cause I was not feeling well.

Day 44: On the way to Rome

this is the third bus we took to get to the
airport

Stansed airport

The line we had to wait in to get on our
plane

Yes this is a Ben and Jerry
vending machine

The Plane

We had to walk up the stairs in to the plane but it was cool.

All three of us ready to go Me, Rachel, and Alex
Rachel's friend from home

This was our safety pamphlet on the plane

Rome from the plane

The shuttle for the hotel

this is the front mat of our hotel but it had
the name

The front of our hotel

The front lobby

the front lobby looking out to the street

More of the front lobby

Hallway to
our room

Our room 151

The front closet

Rachel's and Alex's bed

My bed

Our bathroom

More of our bathroom

More of our bathroom

The view from our room

Me on the "Roof Garden" we found out
that there was not an actual garden
 up there

Me with the Roman Aqueducts
in the background

The view is amazing

The back of our hotel from the street

where I got my Metro Pass

They had Photo booths in the subway!

This was a street performer in
the Metro and a picture of the
Subway/ Tube/ Metro

This is a picture of the Termini station

Where we got our Roma Passes

More of the Termini Station

The outside of the Barberini Station

a fountain outside the Barberini
station

This a fabric shop on the way to the Trevi Fountain

On the way to the
Fountain

The Trevi Fountain

This is where all the coins I recived to put in the
Trevi Fountian went!

Me and Rachel at the fountian and throwing our

coins in

This is the restaurant we ate at

The inside of the restaurant looked like a
Church including fresco's

The fresco painting that we sat down to
eat next to

Me and Rachel

Me, Rachel and Alex

My wine that was so
Delicious

I had stuffed ravioli with cream sauce
and artichokes

Rachael had a Margareta pizza which
is a pizza with tomato's and cheese but she
ended up having to share half of it with us
cause they bring you a whole pizza and it is not
cut .

the fountain out side of Bernini station
at night

a hotel right outside of the station

The bus map we had to take the 254 to our
hotel and the worst part about the bus is
that they do not tell you where you are stooping.

So I was supposed to be ready to go out the door at 12:30 AM, but I set my alarm to PM instead of am but it was OK then we had to get on two public transport buses to get to our easy bus that took us to Stansed Airport. When we got there it was too early to check in and so we had breakfast. After we went through security which was weird in itself cause I had to put all my liquids in a separate plastic bag. When we got to the plane we actually had to take stairs up into it. The plane ride was fine when we got to Rome we took a shuttle bus to our hotel where we had to wait for an hour to check in then we went up to our room and took an hour nap we then kind of explored around the hotel and I found what they call a roof garden which was awesome. After that we got on the Hotels shuttle to go to the metro we got a one ride pass from a vending machine so we could get to the metro stop Termini to get our Roma Passes which for 30 Eros we got a 3 day pass to the Metro (usually 11 Eros) we also got free admittance to the Roman Colosseum and ruins (usually 19 Eros each) and we got to go in to 2 museums (usually 9 Eros each) and we also got to go in a different line to get in to these sites so that we did not have to wait as long. It was well worth it!so after we got the passes we went to the metro stop Barberini to go to the Trvi Fountain where I had 8 other coins to drop into the fountain for my family to get to go to Rome and I am very proud to say that I did it! then we went and had dinner at this little Italian restraint right down the road. The food and wine was to die for!!! then we had to make our way back to the hotel for some sleep.