My first few days in Roma

Hi everyone! I just returned from a wonderful trip to Rome and Florence, Italy. I've outlined my first day below but I will be writing another post for my days in Florence and my trip to the Vatican. Overall, Italy was such a beautiful country and as a complete art and food addict, I couldn't have been happier there.

We arrived in Rome late on Wednesday night and after some interesting Italian/English translation made it to our hostel where we instantly passed out.

The next day we walked all over Rome and covered pretty much the whole city. The first stop we made was the Colosseum. We got to walk around inside and it was amazing to see how well the building has stood the test of time. We also saw the Italian equivalent to the Tomb of the Unknown Solider which was in a magnificent structure.

After that we walked to another part of the city for pizza and the weather was nice enough that we got to eat outside. I had a mushroom and truffle oil pizza, probably one of the better things I've tasted! We then walked to the Pantheon and had some amazing gelato at a famous gelatori. After we walked to the Trevi Fountian and threw coins in.

We ended the day with a great meal in a small local place and went to some bars around the Italian university.

My favorite thing about Rome (besides the food of course) is all of the amazing architecture. It's truly incredible how ancient all of the buildings are and what good shape they are in. It's breathtaking to be wandering around the city and pass magnificent sculptures and buildings from ancient times.

While it was only one day I was pretty pleased with how much of the city we covered and the fact we did it all on foot. We definitely earned our gelato and pasta dishes!