I loved Rome, but Rome hated me. First of all, I was staying at a hostel with a different group of people on the COMPLETE opposite side of the map. For anyone who knows Rome, Roma, Hannah, and Doug were staying at a hostel near Termini and my hostel was in Vatican City right by the Stazione di San Pietro. So I met the other group at Termini and we were going to take the subway back but the line we needed was down so they were directing people towards buses. The person who worked at the train station told us to get on the wrong bus and the 4 of us ended up in the part of Rome east of Termini that isnt even on the tourist map, so that was fun. Italian bus drivers are also assholes. I found the Italians extremely rude. My theory on the matter is that their city is filled with so many amazing wonderful pieces of history and beautifully crafted food and alcohol that something must be bad about it and that thing is the people. Because they are mean, elitists, and hate tourists. I chose to spend this leg of the trip with Hannah, Roma, and Doug because like me the next day (Tuesday) would be their first day in Rome, whereas the other group I was with had already spent a whole day there and would be having their second day the next day. I wanted my timeline to match up with who I was with as closely as possible so I'm glad I made that decision, except every single time it was a shit show trying to find them and then get back to my hostel. Just took a long time but luckily I knew kinda what I was doing and had people meet me places. I saw almost every single tourist thing except the Vatican Museum, inside the Basilica, and the Sistine Chapel. Guess I'll have to go back because I did also throw a coin into the Trevi Fountain. ALSO I saw the Pope. Yes, THE POPE. I took a picture of that little distant blob of white and I got to hear him speak so that was pretty dope. My favorite part was the Colosseum. As a 4 year Latin student, I was sooooo excited to see everything in our combined tour of the Colosseum, Circus Maximus, and The Forum. I also got to see Caesar Augustus's and Livia's houses (A. Caesar's wife). I couldnt find the Theatre of Pompey in the Largo di Torre Argentina but I was excited that the tour guide didn't tell us that Julius Caesar was killed in the Senate House because any Latin student knows that thats not true because the Senate House had burned down years previous and it was being rebuilt and Senate meetings were held in the Theatre of Pompey. I was also so excited because until recent years it had always been a myth that Augustus Caesar had built his house above the very cave in which Romulus and Remus (the founders of Rome) had been raised by a wolf, so that Caesar would be placed as high as Romulus and Remus to the cities history. But archaeologists stumbled upon it only 16 meters below the ground. The structure is too fragile to properly excavate but they put probes down there and got footage of the structure that can be seen in this video. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=553_1195634704 For me, this was probably the most exciting thing I found out. Rome was founded in 753 B.C. That is a freaking old cave. I just find it so amazing. We tried to do a bunch of other historical touristy stuff, ate dinner at some great restaurants, had lots of samples of limoncello (my favorite), and ended the journey with some bottles of wine on the Spanish Steps. In conclusion, with all of Roma's historical greatness, I had an amazing time eating and drinking and even though it was raining and the people were jerks, I can't wait to go back.