We made it to the grocery store!.... it was open ;) We stocked up on our fruit and cereal and snack foods! We had breakfast covered and were ready for our first day in ROME!
Look at me!! I can fit the whole plum in my mouth!
Since Florence, we have gotten really good at navigating through public transportation. We had been on a train before when people have come through begging for money... but ohhhh my.... haha this story is definitely worth telling (especially since you are going to hear Nick and I imitating this allllll the time!). We were on the train to Rome and this shameless lady comes through looking at every person “mangiare?... mangiare?.... mangiareeeee?”... (the way she said it was funny enough in itself!)... everyone was trying not to make eye contact... or laugh... as she passed by them, but this lady wanted to get a direct “no” before she moved on to the next person. Well, the lady across from us was NOT amused and wanted nothing to do with her. Avoiding eye contact, the lady stood right in front of her and kept asking.... “mangiare.... mangiareeee..” both of them refusing to give in... she continued.... “mangiareee.... BLONDO!.... mangiareee....” she repeated over and over, now waving a paper in her face, fanning her to wake her up from her “sleep”. This lady was ridiculous! And hilarious!.... I swear this story will be SO much funnier when you see our impersonation of it :).
Rome was BREATHTAKING! Literally.... I don’t know what other reaction you can have when you walk out of the train station and the Colosseum is right in front of you.
We got asked before entering if we wanted to skip the line and take a tour of the Colosseum instead, which was a great idea. We learned a lot of little random facts we wouldn’t have known otherwise. I think it’s safe to say that we were both in awe of the Colosseum. Nick had warned me that he would do or say things in reference to Gladiator, and that I wasn’t allowed to be embarrassed... and so he did... and I just smiled... and stood juuuust far enough away that it wasn’t obvious if we were together or not ;)... (unfortunately I was forbidden from posting the Maximus Arelius Decimus impersonation video... ;).
Our tour also included access into the Roman Forum. We had a different tour guide for that portion, and we were both so impressed by him that we booked his tour of the Vatican for tomorrow. We had about an hour after the tour to just walk around on our own before they closed.
Nick trying to figure out what to see.
From there, we walked a ways down the street to see the Victor Emmanuel Monument. We stopped to look at art and street performers along the way, and watched undercover cops chasing illegal vendors, before heading back home for the night.
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