roma part 2

Surprise!  A couple of weeks late, but here's my Rome part 2 post.  I didn't mention in my last post, but I went to Rome on my 21st birthday!  The first two days in Rome were AMAZING, but the last day was cold and rainy the. entire. day.  To be honest, I really did not love my last day in Rome, and I do not want to go back to Rome, or even to Italy ever again unless it is during the months of April, May, June, July, August or September.  April and September are questionable.

21st Birthday shot(Gelato next to the Trevi Fountain!)

Our 'hotel' room.

Sadly, we had planned on going to the colosseum on the last day we were in Rome, and because the weather was bad they closed it for tours, so we were out 25 euros and we only got to see the outside, but it was still breathtaking!

Triumphal arch of Constantine!  Take Humanities 201 and you will know why I was so excited to see this!!

Yep, it's COLD by this time.  And raining.  behind me are two domes, the first one I have no idea what it is, the second is St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.  Love.

Last meal in Rome.  Vegetarian Pizza for me.  SO GOOD.  Best pizza I have ever had in my life.

After we ate on Friday, we went to the airport.  We spent two and a half hours at the airport drying out before boarding our plane.  We then spent 5 hours on the tarmac waiting for our plane to be deiced and then for the airport to open and then for the deicer machine to be fixed.  Our scheduled departure was 8:50 PM and we took off at 1:09 AM.   Luckily, the people sitting around us on the plane were super nice and we talked and laughed the entire 5 hours, making it fly by.  Because we were so late getting back to London the trains were closed, so we then got to wait for 2 1/2 hours for the trains to start again.  We finally made it back to the centre at 6:30 AM Saturday morning.  It was pretty horrible at the time, but looking back I'm so happy I did it!!