Rome

Spent the last four days in Rome... It was not what I exepcted. the Colloseum was amazing. It has beeni something I have been wanting to see for my entire life. We went on a guided tour, which was def. worth the money. It was nice to see how much of what was in gladiator is actually true!! The next day we went the the Vatican, and got to see the Sistine Chapel and St. Peters and the pope. the chapel was cool because we learnd all about the last judgement in my art class and I got to see it for real!

that evening we realized that the sights of italy are amazing, however the culture and the people are not. Italians are rude. They hate americans and heckle you constantly. They also attempt to rip you off in anyway possible. Needless to say after the vatican we had had enough... Becky left yesterday morning and the rest of us decided to avoid the touristy sites and just wander. We went to the Trevi fountain, the temple of Adrian and all that, but we stayed away from the other tourists. The people ruin it. Somehow we wandered to this artsy square where there were artists selling and making paintings on the street. That helped change our mood because it was the italy we had been expected to see. I bought a painting from a guy on the street that made it completely out of spray paint. its beautiful. not sure how i will travel with it but i decided that I did not really care. I wanted it! We also saw a really creepy old man putting on a puppet show, and that that pretty entertaining.

haha to tell you the truth we have been spending a lot of time in the train station and at the mcdonalds for coffee. It is the only place that people dont stare at us and pester us. Ugh!! done with italy!! We did not realize how long 2 weeks truly was. Also, we see how much we adore Greece. It has become our home, and I cant wait to go back!!! I think this spring break and how we were treated in italy will make us appeciate Thessaloniki even more then before. Boy do I love that place :) Not to mention I miss the food!! :) what I would do for a gyro right now...

Tonight the 3 of us have to spend the night in the airport because we check in for our flight at 6 am. haha we are bringing cards to play, and will be filling out lots of post cards FINALLY. I will def. take a nap.... good ol airport sleeping, not the first time i have done it! :) I am very exciting for Egypt tomorrow.... We get to see the pyramids the next day and ride camels!! I think the food and the muslim culture in Africa will be interesting to experience as well. YEESSSSSSSSSSS Cannot wait!!!!! We have a tour guide the whole time, so I think our time there will fllllyyy by. All the time I have to type now, my time at the internet cafe is about to run out!!
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