Rome was a huge shock after the beauty and peacefulness of Salzburg. It wasnt until Katie and I were on the bus to our hostel that we reaized that neither of us even knew how to say "hello" in Italian. Good job us. Eventually we found the hostel, and made our way out to the streets. We wandered about ruins and very old buildings before taking yet another tour, this time on a doubledecker bus that didnt even make us get off-it was so nice.
Today we went to the Vatican City/Country for a grand total of about seven hours. If anyone ever decides to come here, I recommend doing some planning because I ended up having to go through security three times because everything I did just led me back out into the square. St. Peters was the best part for me, the hugeness and the beauty of it left me speechless. I guess its like the grand canyon, you can look at pictures of it all you want, but you will never understand until you are there.
The Vatican Museums were also extraordinary. They are a huge complex of buildings filled from floor to ceiling with priceless art, statues, and attractive Italian policemen.
After resting for a bit, we frantically tried to visit as many attractions as possible. The way there was fun, as was the gelato, the walk back to our hostel was not.
I dont think its hit me that Im here yet, and it probably wont until Im gone. Rome was not at all like I expected, it was insanely hot, but the city was mostly clean, it felt safe, and the only men who hit on me were not Italians.
Tomarrow we are heading back to Germany (which I miss, Katie and I kept saying "Danke"to people), and going to Munich for a night before flying home.
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