After that hellish night, I was so excited to get my first full day of action in Roma started. I woke up super early as if it was Christmas morning. Most likely because my roommate from Hong Kong would wake up at like 6 or 7. Don't ask me why. I just grabbed a brioche and orange juice from around the corner and trekked down to the first stop. I started in the Roman Forum but took look outside of the Coliseum first before I entered. Because I went out of tourist season and I got there kind of early, the lines were not long but I still decided to check the Roman Forum out first and get double entry into the forum and the Coliseum. It's a smart idea. The Roman Forum is inexplicable and honestly I would have a heart attack if I saw it in it's original form. It's that amazing. I drank from this running fountain so if I sprout wings on my feet like Mercury you will know why.
Ceasar's Temple
I believe that the Romans did so much in the grandest of ways. The buildings, temples, and archers were just inconceivably immaculate. Yes, I felt the water well up in my eyes. Caesar's temple should definitely be my home. The building was erected after he was assassinated and it's grandeur is just proof of the affection the people had for the emperor. I thought that the Coliseum would be the heartstopper but my favorite thing in Rome just might have to be the Roman Forum. Amazing punto y final.
After I left the forum, I went back to the Coliseum and got to skip the line and go straight in like a boss. That's how I got that awesome photo that you graced your eyes upon above. I think I faulted on an imagination at the time because I wasn't too impressed but as I walked through it more and more and took in its immense size and the incredible structure it once was I was able to appreciate it fully. 1st thought: "Humans made this"...2nd thought "I need to watch Gladiator". Massive way to start the day. It gets better.
I left the Coliseum and ran into Melissa Hue wandering around outside on her lonesome. Long story short, we unite and go on a search for food. After going in the wrong direction and all kinds of desperate lostness (yep I tried it) we went to Piazza di Spagna where the Spanish Steps and everything are. At this point I haven't alluded to how annoying the street vendors are. By the time I reached the Spanish steps I had no patience and wanted to punch all of them in the throat. They are way too aggressive and will follow you constantly asking you to buy crap that is obviously crap. Then, they see you say no to one of them and like a drone of ants the next one comes up to try and bite you in the ass and ruin your picnic. Not this time, thirsty as sellers I got Raid! The most entertaining/annoying attempt at peddling items happens in front of the Spanish Steps they basically go to a female and hand her 3 roses and go on and on about how it's a gift and how beautiful she is and how each one has a meaning. They pretend like they are about to walk away then they turn to the guy, "Just a little bit of money, just a little". To which Melissa responds.."All we have is cards" and the guy snatches the flowers out of her hands. I guess she isn't as beautiful as he thought.
Food time! Down the street from all the shopping i.e D&G, Fendi, Armani (very noticeable) there are some tuckaway restaurants. One of those is Sugo. Sugo has one of those small homey feels, they had a Christmas tree and everything. Everybody was very accommodating and had that stereotypical great Italian energy. We loved it and the food was a good was to start of my fata$$ness in Rome. It was so good Michelle at a whole pizza...good stuff. I had a linguini pomodorro with tons of parmesan! Good parmesan at that.
Faces stuffed, next stop was the Trevi fountain. The most beautiful fountains in all land. I can't believe how much went into these fountains and how grand they were but the Trevi fountain is awesome and I really wanna go back and see it again. It was filled with tons of people by night time. A quick fact that you may not have heard is that all of the money that gets collected in the fountain gets donated to charity for the poor. That's about 3,000 euros a day. Good job Romans.
A day in Rome is not complete without a trip to get some gelatto. Gelatto is so awesome its a lighter version of ice cream and that's probably why I love it so much. Near the Trevi Fountain is Gelateria Valentino. They are super nice and have a good range of flavors to choose from. I luxuriated in it and I hope that some of you will too whenever you take the trip to Rome. Last stop was another eaterie right around the corner from the Trevi Fountain where I got a tuna panini. It was a succesful day. Eat up peeps!
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