Off to Roma

Saturday I left to head to ROMA!!!! I woke up early and had to say good bye to Salamanca. It was hard to leave but I tried not to think about it, also it was easier to leave since I knew I was headed to Roma! Megan and I took the bus to the airport. I was just ready to get the day over with because last time I flew it was a horrible day (the day I got to Salamanca). When we got to the airport we were a little confused at where to go since the airport set up in Spain is a little different. We asked some guys working for our airline where to go. They spoke to us in English (still weird for me) and asked where we were from. We told them the US and they asked us where in the states. We told them we went to U of Michigan. They got so excited and told us they knew Magic Johnson was from University of Michigan and they were like "Eminem"! haha I tried to tell them that Magic was from State but they were too excited about the Eminem part of Michigan. After the excitement faded they pointed us in the right direction. We got our tickets and checked our baggage with ease...whheewww... one less stress. We got to our gate and chilled for an hour and a half before boarding. About an hour before boarding people started lining up. I laughed because it is just like Spaniards to crowd together and get in line early. When we boarded we had to take a bus out to the tarmac and walk up those stairs you see in movies to get onto the plane. I told Meg that I felt like the president haha.

The plane we got on was huge! One of the biggest planes I have been on to date. I was not expecting this since we were just flying a short distance but it was a full plane. I was seated next to an italian women and her husband. Once we took off she started talking to me. She didn't speak english and immediatley she started talking to me in Italian. I guess I looked like I was italian but I just talked back to her in spanish. We were able to communicate a little bit. She asked me about school and I tried to tell her what I was studying but I just told her medicine and spanish. After chatting I took a siesta since it was about that time in Spain. The flight was short and when we landed we waited about an hour for our bags and then we got to leave with out doing customs! thank you EU treaties!

We took our bags to the train station that was connected to the airport and booked tickets on the express to the Rome Termini which is like their grand central station. We took the train and so far we couldn't see the city much. Once we got off the train we lugged our bags about 20 minutes to our hotel. I thought it was a short walk, and it was, but with a 13 kg bag things seem a little slower ya know haha.

Our hotel is on a cute side street. via frenzie. on the fourth floor so we get to take an old school elevator up. It has a warm atmosphere and breakfast area. After laying down and collecting ourselves we asked the man at the desk for a good pizza place. He told us about a delicious good priced place near the hotel. We had to wait a bit to get a seat outside but it was worth it. We split 2 pizzas between the three of us. Oh yeah my friend Kelly is with us now. She met us at the hotel. The pizza was amazing. I was in heaven.

It had been so so long since I had great pizza and this was ITALIAN pizza. for real! I also had sparkling white wine with it. At dinner we saw a little girl having wine. When in Rome i guess haha....We had a perfect dinner though. We spent about 2-3 hours eating and talking. Then we headed to the Trevi Fountain for a glimpse of it at night. This was the first big beautiful monument we had seen in Rome. We were all taken away. We snapped a few pics and then headed back to the hotel. As we were leaving the fountain we saw a proposal at the fountain! It was so cute everyone was cheering and the girl said yes. It gave me the chills it was so romantic. I am sure it happens about every week there. haha. We checked email and such when we got back and I talked with mis padres finally. Then we passed out from exhaustion.

Good first night in Rome. It is so weird to think that I am in Italy. It is surreal. So surreal.