Roman around Rome

After a great couple days in Cinque Terre, we took the train to Rome and arrived in the evening.  Our apartment was very nice which is always a plus when getting to a new city.  The first full day in Rome, our friends Lindsey and Eric were in Rome as well, so we met up with them for dinner, some sightseeing and some wine.  It's always great meeting up with friends from home when you're abroad.  We had such a great time with them that night.

Rome is such a cool city, everything is so old and exquisite.  It blows my mind to think how great these places are and then to place the period of time they were built in.  There are certain places/sites you grow up learning about and Rome is one of those places.  Walking into the Colosseum was a pretty wow moment for me.  It's moments like this that I have to reflect and realize how lucky we are to experience what we're experiencing this year.  

These two photos are from the inside of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.  Unfortunately the Pope didn't come and greet us when we arrived.

These two are from the Forum which is right outside of the Colosseum.  It's amazing to see so much left over after so many years.  

I figured I'd post this photo because this is one of our biggest complaints of traveling abroad...not having a dryer.  T-shirts, undies, socks, EVERYTHING has went from medium to large and baggy.  This photo was from our terrace in our apartment in Rome.  

Us in front of the Pantheon.  I'm pretty sure that it is the largest unsupported dome in the world.  I'm going with 85% certainty on that fact.

Most major sites in the world are better at night.  This goes for the Colosseum as well.  We went here the first day with Lindsey and Eric and walking up to it was breathtaking.  We enjoyed a couple bottles of wine out front while taking photos.

Us in front of the Trevi Fountain.  What this photo doesn't capture is the million other people there.  Great job Vuk!

Panoramic of Jesus town aka St. Peter's Square.

I woke up early one of the mornings so I didn't have to wait in massive lines at the Colosseum.  Aaron stayed in bed since he had already been there before.  Getting there early was definitely a good decision because by the time I left it was packed and had a huge line to enter.  This was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen in my life.  A lot of times you're let down by main tourists attractions, but this definitely did not.

ATG on the Spanish steps.  

Another photo of the Trevi fountain during the day.

This is the Il Vittoriano.  Out front there is an eternal flame with the tomb to the unknown soldier from WW1.

Rome was amazing.  I recommend everyone to go here at some point in their lives.  But after 4 days of being a tourist, it was definitely time to get to Croatia and enjoy beaches.