We got to Rome at noon. Our hostel was pretty awesome. One of those converted apartments that was right on one of the main streets in Rome. Since we got there so early we went to the Vatican, which was literally 2 blocks away, and checked it out the
re. We went into St. Peter´s Basilica and got to see how gigantic it really is. They have a lot of Pope´s buried inside the church so it was cool to see their tomb like shrines.For dinner we went to a restaurant that was recommended by the owner of the hostel, Ivano, who looks exactly like Antonio Banderas. The place had really good food. We got some great pasta and hung out there for a while. In Europe we learned that they don´t bring you your check until you ask for it. It´s pretty nice because they don´t rush you out right when you finish. We then went to get some Gellato. This Gellato was the best we have head in our lives and they pack it on thick. There were about 30 varieties of never before seen flavors (at least by us) so it was a lot different than typical ice cream at home.
The next morning we went straight to the Colosseum. We had been looking forward to that the whole trip. The
place was really awesome. We have a really bad craving to watch Gladiator now though and want to slay people. Right after the Colosseum we went to the Roman Forum which was just as cool to see everything left as it was from way back in the day.The next day in Rome was a free entry to the Sistine Chapel, which had our name written all over it. It opened at 8:30 so we got there at about 7:45 to get a good spot but that didn't work out as well as we planned because we were about 200m back from the doors. We literally moved 20 ft in 45 minutes. This line was getting huge, probably the longest line I´ve ever seen in my life. It turns out there was a reason for the line not moving, it was daylight savings time and Europe does it 1 week earlier than the US for some reason. Probably because that's the only thing they can beat the U
S in....COUNT IT! We didn't realize this little factoid until the day was over so I, Steve, left the line and went to mass that the Pope gave. 10 minutes later Clint got into the Sistine for free while I had to plan on going in the morning. The mass was really something to see though. People were just taking pictures like they were on the red carpet. Even though the whole mass was in Italian it was cool to be at a mass with the Pope there. Then we went to the Trevi Fountain, Pantheon and the Spanish Steps. We were the only ones walking around in cargo shorts even thought it was about 70 degrees. They must have went out of style over here.
At night we met some more friends and hung out with them. One of them was actually a kid who stayed in our hostel in Prague that we chilled with there so that was pretty ironic. Another kid was on vacation from Iraq for
the Army. He flew unmanned spy planes and he had some good stories to tell, mostly talking about how much good we have done over there and the media never recognize it. And there were also about 8 aussies in our hostel and again, they have all the same story and always try to take jabs at the US so it can get annoying.
The last morning we had to wake up early so I could go to the Sistine Chapel and Clint could go to this museum full of monk bones and skulls. The Sistine Chapel was really something. Each section of the wall was something specific i.e. Separation of Light from Darkness, Land and water, Creation of Adam which is pretty well known, Original Sin, the Final Judgment. Again, there were no pictures allowed, but even if there was, it wouldn´t do it any justice. Clint couldn't take pictures of the skull museum probably because he would get his soul taken away from him if he did.
Rome was definitley one of the top cities we have been to so far and we are looking forward to hitting up the rest of Italy and Spain for the remainder of the trip. Anndd here's another picture of, you guessed it, Clint and Steve....wearing the same clothes that you see in most of the pictures.
S in....COUNT IT! We didn't realize this little factoid until the day was over so I, Steve, left the line and went to mass that the Pope gave. 10 minutes later Clint got into the Sistine for free while I had to plan on going in the morning. The mass was really something to see though. People were just taking pictures like they were on the red carpet. Even though the whole mass was in Italian it was cool to be at a mass with the Pope there. Then we went to the Trevi Fountain, Pantheon and the Spanish Steps. We were the only ones walking around in cargo shorts even thought it was about 70 degrees. They must have went out of style over here.At night we met some more friends and hung out with them. One of them was actually a kid who stayed in our hostel in Prague that we chilled with there so that was pretty ironic. Another kid was on vacation from Iraq for
the Army. He flew unmanned spy planes and he had some good stories to tell, mostly talking about how much good we have done over there and the media never recognize it. And there were also about 8 aussies in our hostel and again, they have all the same story and always try to take jabs at the US so it can get annoying.The last morning we had to wake up early so I could go to the Sistine Chapel and Clint could go to this museum full of monk bones and skulls. The Sistine Chapel was really something. Each section of the wall was something specific i.e. Separation of Light from Darkness, Land and water, Creation of Adam which is pretty well known, Original Sin, the Final Judgment. Again, there were no pictures allowed, but even if there was, it wouldn´t do it any justice. Clint couldn't take pictures of the skull museum probably because he would get his soul taken away from him if he did.
Rome was definitley one of the top cities we have been to so far and we are looking forward to hitting up the rest of Italy and Spain for the remainder of the trip. Anndd here's another picture of, you guessed it, Clint and Steve....wearing the same clothes that you see in most of the pictures.
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