Back In Rome

Well yesterday was a huge driving day. We went from Venice to San Marino then to Rome which took about 8 hours, but the scenary was beautiful.

So the other day when I was writing while in Venice and I was on my way to the gondola ride, I totally got lost and didnt make it back by 4:45 and they had already left. I was sooo bummed out. I ended up just sitting in San Marco square waiting for them to come back. The others said that it wasnt much fun and it only lasted like 10 min...maybe they were just saying that to make me feel better I dont know. Then we went to dinner at some cute little restaurant and ate the typical antipasto, then the second course was lasagna AND pesto fettuchini. The third was kind of like a beef strogonoff and green beans and potatoes. Dessert was terimisu(i know I spelled that wrong) After dinner we hopped back on the boat, where they dropped us off that the train station, then it was back to the hotel.

The next morning we got our wake up call at 5:45, and left at 7. We hopped on the bus with Pino(our driver) and started out long trek back to Rome. We stopped off in San Marino for a little break. San Marino is its own country, and the 3rd smallest in the world. I also paid 2.50E and got my passport stamped, which is pretty cool. Then we got back on the bus and was stuck in some traffic but finally made it to rome. We took a night walking tour and went to the Pathenon, Trevi fountain, and a few other Piazzas. Then we took a bus tour around the city for a little bit. We finally arrived at our hotel at 11pm. This morning was an optional tour of the coloseum, but I already did that the first day I got here so I decided to sleep in this morning. It was very nice I must say. Well now Im off to do some shopping but I have no clue where I am. I hopped on a bus that was near the hotel and got off when everyone else did and started walking the same direction as everyone else. I have a metro pass so I need to find where that is...hmmm Im also hungy cause I didnt have breakfast...A Cappuchino sounds soooo good right now.

Tomorrow morning I fly out of Rome and go to Athens for my week long cruise. I have a few days in Athens before the cruise leaves though.

Ok off to find the shopping area...