Hey all!
So sorry we haven't blogged in awhile. It is getting more and more difficult to find free internet.
We finished our week in Italy and are now in Interlaken, Switzerland..it is beautiful here! But we will save that for the next blog.
Because so much happened in Italy this blog is just going to be a brief synopsis! (We are also intently watching the World Cup as we write haha)
We arrived in Rome at about 8 pm on Saturday night. We checked into the hostel, who gave us a free bottle of red wine as a welcoming gift (yeaaaa) and set out to find an Italiano dinner! We ate at a restaurant in front of the Pantheon. We all enjoyed different pastas and some white wine. We got some gelato at the Trevi Fountain and threw some coins in, hoping the myth about meaning we will return to Rome comes true! Tired from a long day of travelling we turned in early after dinner.
The next day we got up and went to the Roman Forum and the Coliseum. Seeing all of the ancient Roman ruins is so surreal. Everything is SO old and has such a great history behind it. But it was hotttt. We found some lunch at a wonderful place that served big, cold, refreshing salads. Mmmm. We checked out the Campo di Fiori and got some gelato and headed back to the hostel for a siesta. Man I am going to miss those siestas.
That evening we met a guy from NC State, now working in Northern Virginia. He introduced us to his friend from work who is a Hokie Alumni! We all took our free bottles of wine and headed over to the Spanish Steps to hang out. Afterwards we ate another grand Italian dinner in an alley way. We walked by the Trevi Fountain, all lit up at night, on the way to an Irish pub (I know not Italian at all) to wind down for the night.
The next morning we met up with our new friends to head to Vatican City. We shopped at a flea market in front of the Castel St. Angelo, shared a big mozzerella pizza for lunch, and headed to the museum. We toured the museum, ending with the breath taking Sistine Chapel. Afterwards we gazed in awe at the inside of St Peters Basilica. We then climbed the tiny stairway, all 325 steps, to the top to peer over the rooftops of Rome.
Tired from our day in Vatican City we turned in for another Siesta. That night we headed to dinner in the Piazza Navona and ate alongside street musicians, artists, and the bustling Italian atmosphere. We then headed to a bar in the Campo di Fiori and took advantage of the Ladies' Night specials :)
We had a blast in Rome! We then headed to Florence. We checked into our hostel and got lunch at an excellent local panini place, where we chatted with a guy from Florence for awhile about his city. We saw the Statue of David, which was huge and incredible. Every detail is carefully carved into a huge slab of marble. It was awesome. We then headed to the Duomo and stared up at its beautifully painted Dome. Finally it was time to shop. We caved and headed to Zara. We all got some dresses and skirts :) We had dinner at a restaurant by our hostel and then went back. We decided to check out our hostel's pool (yes it had a pool). We went for a swim in the COLOR CHANGING water...so cool! We went to bed to rest up for our day of travelling to Venice!
After a couple trains and a ferry we finally arrived in the beautiful town on the water-Venice. Looking at the skyline was crazy because the tall skinny buildings are tilting because the city is legitimately sinking. But the water is beautiful. We took ourselves on a self guided tour on a slow boat that went all the way down the Grand Canal. We went under the famous Rialto bridge and got off at San Marco's. We walked around the square and stopped in some murano shops. We got dinner in an alleyway close to the square and then went to listen to the battling cafe orchestras in San Marco square. A perfectly Italian end to our perfectly Italian adventure!
We are now in Interlaken. Stay updated to hear about our adventures with the Swiss!
Arrivaderci!
Nicole, Tricia, Christie
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