Sarah in Spain and our trip to Rome

Valencia with Sarah

My week went by fast and then next thing I knew it was the day Sarah arrived in Valencia. She made it safely and it was really good to see her. We checked into our hotel which was really nice and then went around Valencia. We ate pallea for lunch, a Spain must. It was a beautiful sunny day. We climbed up El Miguete, the church tower, in Valencia and it was really cool. I had not done it yet and the view was amazing. The stairs were a little hard to climb and they were steep but we made it. Sarah was a trooper even though she was tired the whole day. She met two of my friends, Jana and Kaitlyn, before they left for Dublin. For dinner we ate at Pizza Hut. It was so yummy. Everything was closed because Thursday was a holiday in Spain because of the Last Supper. Then we went to bed early because Sarah had jetleg. Other than that it was just good to see Sarah and I am really glad that she came. We left Friday for Rome.

Rome

We got to Rome safely and checked into our hostel. We were in a ten person mixed dorm room and I had a lot of worries. But all has been going well, tonight is our last night there. We have not had any problems there and it is a really great location. We are about a 10 minute walk from the Collessuem. Anyway so Friday night we arrived and then we went to the Trevi Fountian and The Spanish Steps. There were a ton of people. The Trevi Fountain was all lite up and it was really pretty. Then we went out to dinner for pasta of course. I love Italian food.

Saturday morning we got up early and went to begin our day at The Vatican. There was a really long line outside to get into St. Peter's but it was a nice day out so we did not mind waiting. St. Peter's was beautiful. Then we went out to lunch for pizza. After that we went to the Vatican Musuems and of course saw the Sistine Chapel. It was amazing and beautiful. We also went to the castle by the Vatican. That took up the whole day but for dinner we went around to Piazza Novana which is really cool and full of painters and their beautiful paintings. Dinner was yummy as well.

Sunday was Easter but everything was opened still. We spent the day at the Colosseum, The Palatine Hill, Roman Forum, and The Pantheom. We paid 22 euros for the Colosseum, Palantine Hill and Roman Forum together and recieved a guided tour. This was really cool because we leanred a lot of the history about each thing. It was amazing to see all of this and wonder how they built this stuff and everything. I can't wait to show everyone photos.

Today, Monday, Sarah and I are not in as big of a rush since we leave tomorrow for Paris. We saw The Baths of Carcall today, which were really cool and were all the rich Romans use to go to bathe themselves. We also went to the old Jewish ghetto, the place they use to do chariot races, and the pymarid were someone unimportant but with a lot of money was burried and it was built in 12 BC in 330 days.

Anyway, I love Rome. It is beautiful and there is so much to see and do. I can not wait to come back and we able to go visit more places. It is so beautiful here and the food is amazing. Between Sarah and myself, we have probaly tried about every flavor or Gelato that they have. We have been eating it a lot but also walking a ton so hopefully that stops us from gaining weight.

Well back to the city of Rome I go.

Love, Em