Our day began with class, just like most. While Sam was in her second class Cal and I grabbed a snack at this bakery near the hotel. Then walked up to the train station and got an Italian sim card for our phone. Its really nice to be able to look up directions from anywhere, and avoid being lost.
We walked around the area of our hotel to find somewhere for lunch. We happened upon another Eataly and couldn't help but walk in. On the top floor there was a restaurant so we sat down and had a wonderful lunch. Cal and Sam ate caprese salads and I got a Rigatoni pasta. I also got a limonata which I liked even more than the san pellegrino kind we can find in the states.
We headed off to the Nike Factory Store that we saw yesterday. We went a bit crazy because the sale section was gigantic! I mean who can control themselves in a Nike store when everything is half off!
It's Colosseum time!!! We bought tickets online, got directions, and headed off. The streets of Rome are pretty dirty but some areas have really interesting architecture and history. I snapped these photos on our way to the colosseum:
We arrived and skipped the huge line because we purchased our tickets ahead of time. We strolled right in and I was immediately shocked at how much it felt like a modern stadium! Before we arrived I did some research on the history of the colosseum, while some of it's grim, I was most impressed with how much of the technology the Romans used that we still used today. The arches all over the stadium, multi leveled seating, assigned seats, tickets, running water and multiple entrances are still used today. We walked around took photos and just took in the magnificence of the amphitheater.
Of course the tradition continues:
Next we tried to find our way to the Roman forum but walked then wrong way. There was a dead end with an adorable little church that we stopped in. I really liked the little street with initials carved into the walls, a man playing guitar, cobblestone and beautiful trees.
By the time we actually found the forum it was closed so we just decided to head back towards the hotel for dinner. On our walk we found this really cute arch covered in vines and couldn't resist taking a few photos:
It was pretty hard to find somewhere to eat, everywhere we walked by was pretty empty and people were trying to drag us in to eat. Its pretty obvious that the empty restaurants don't serve good food so we kept wandering around. We finally settled on a small pizza restaurant with a real pizza oven! I ordered a margarita pizza, Cal got cappers and Sam got lasagna. This was defiantly the best meal we've had since being in Rome.
That was our second day exploring Rome! Its really hot here but its been very fun to experience all the Roman ruins and the Italian culture.
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