Rome

Rome is one of the other major cities that I was fortunate to spend some time in. I personally only got to stay in Rome for about three days. For these three days I walked around Rome and saw things I have only seen in movies and until then just dreamed about seeing in real life. Now it is hard to believe that I have seen what I have. Luckily I took several hundred pictures. None of these pictures do Rome justice.
My favorite site in Rome was the Roman Coliseum. I have always been interested in this and after watching the movie gladiator I have really wanted to see it first hand. I was unfortunate to have to see the Coliseum when it was raining. Still it was the most amazing thing I saw on my trip. To be where so many people had been before and so long ago was awesome. The architecture and engineering of the Coliseum was so precise and perfect that I was speechless. The rain really didn’t ruin the day for me. If anything it scared a few hundred people away and let me walk around with more room to see the Coliseum.
Almost everything in Rome is within walking distance. The only thing that I didn’t walk to was the Vatican. To get to the Vatican we took the underground. This was easy even though everything was in Italian. In fact for the most part you don’t even have to pay to get on. If nobody is standing at the gates than you can just walk on and have a free ride. The Vatican is also an amazing site to see in Rome. Everything is like a picture and everything is just so old. The best room in the Vatican is obviously Sistine Chapel. However this was the most crowded room and it was very hot. I personally don’t understand why they would allow that room to get so hot, I would think the paint would start to come off or something. Also they don’t allow pictures to be taken in this room. This is posted everywhere but you can get away with taking pictures. They have a few security guards walking around telling you to put your camera down, they never take it away or anything like that.