Third day in Rome and we were finally ready to see the sights. There is ALOT to see in Rome, so we figure we would do a Bus tour. We found one for 20 euros for the day, which isnt so bad. It was the classic double decker bus (of course we sat on top), and they give you headphones, you pick your language and off you go. We saw all the sights from the comfort of our seats and enjoyed listening to the stories that filled our ears. The whole tour took about 2 hours, it was a great way to get an idea of what the buildings were and how to get back to them. We also learned fun facts...Did you know that Cleopatra brought cats as a gift to her lover Julius Ceaser? Before that there were no cats in Rome. Now there are a ton of them, and Romans love their cats. We also learned of the Christian Crusades, the fights between Paganism and Christainity. How they would burn hundreds of Christians just to provide light for the Empire's feast. Christianity won in the end, and Romans hold their religion near and dear to their heart.
Driving past all the sights its hard to keep them all straight. Some we had heard of from movies, some we had not. And of course it always looks different then in the movies. At one point, Christie leans to me and says "Wouldnt it be awkward if we pasted the Vatican and didnt even know it?" I replied, "Ya, we just did." After much discussion, and comparsion to google images...it was the Vatican. That just goes to show how different you think it will look till you get there.
The Colosuem.....that was the most incrediable sight. As the bus turns the cornor.....there it is. Its bigger then you would every believe. It boggles your mind that this building has been around since anicent times. Much of it is still in tack considering. After the bus tour we headed back to the Colosuem. Around the collosuem lie ruins of old temples and building. Some of which are to the most part still in tack as well. As you walk around you cant help but feel like your in ancient times, walking the same path, seeing the same sights as the anciet Romans.
Equipped with a better map then the one we got in Florence, we headed back to our hostels. Its only took us a couple of Italian directions and 15 mins...so we were pretty proud of ourselves. Side note about Italians. They are passionate characters indeed. As you sit and people watch you see two Italians conversing. Of course you cant understand what there saying but you have to watch. They use there hands, grandious facial expresions, and alot of high pitch to low pitch. Most times you think a fight is about to break out. There yelling at each other, hands in each others face, then.....laughing so hard you think they will fall over. Always, Always entertaining.
While at the Collosuem we found about about a pub crawl. As we have mentioned many times, we love pub crawls. So we got ready and headed back to the Collosuem. This time we found a shorter way, a road that leads straight there. Because I never got to go out on my birthday we decided this would be my bday night. Even though by bday was two days previous, I got a 5 euro discount. It was North American night at the pub crawl. Seven americans and 5 canadians and just a couple aussies. That was the most americans I had seen yet. One of the Canadian girls was from Calgary, she is doing a semster of business in France. (pretty cool) It was actually her birthday that day. As I was commenting on sharing similar birthdays she excliams"O cool! Your turning 21 too?!"....."Ummm no actually 24"..."Oh, well thats kinda the same." I even had another guy tell me he had the same birthday as me, when I asked what year he said 1988, I said "cool, 1987"...he said" your older then me". First taste of feeling old. I dont like it.
Anyways, this Pub crawl was a little different. You had to take the bus and a metro to get to the pubs. Btw, Busses are free in Rome and the metro is only a euro. The first place we went was pretty awesome. Mostly because they had Flip Cup. Now, they play with little clear glass plastic cups....not dixies. This makes it harder. But have no fear...all us canadian girls made a team...and beat them americans every time. We represented Canada well. The clubs were great, lots and lots of people, lots of american music. The way home was easy...just one bus that got us straight to the Santa Maria Plazza. Very Fun Night!
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