After my first difficult Italian experience in Pisa, I finally met up with the family in Roma!! Pisa was beautiful and definitely worth the day trip just to see the main square. Unfortunately I ran into a bit of trouble with the trains and getting a place to stay in Rome, so I ended up staying a night in Pisa! I found a quaint little hotel and nearly missed my train the next day, but all is well in Italia!
Rome has been wonderful so far! Once our family all met up we went on a long walk to see some of the major sites: the Pantheon, the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, and Piazza Navona. We even found a few obscure places that I was really interested in seeing like Santa Maria sopra Minerva with Michelangelo's Risen Christ! Today was our first full day. We spent the morning exploring and had a fantastic tour of ancient Rome this afternoon. Our tour guide was an incredibly knowledgeable little Italian man with so much love for his country. He knew everything about ancient Rome and just as much about later works that I had questions about. Visiting the Circus Maximus, Colosseum, and Forum was fascinating, especially with a guide who could teach us a lot of things you don't normally hear about. After the tour he took me to Santa Maria della Vittoria to see the Ecstasy of Saint Theresa! It was even better in person!
We are going to the Vatican tomorrow, which I'm stoked about. Give me loads of Michelangelo, Bernini, and Raphael any day! It'll be great to see if St. Peters and the Sistine Chapel are still as fantastic the second time around. I have a feeling they will be. Regardless, having a reunion with my all time favorite, the pieta, will be worth the visit for sure!
Michael and I just found the Empire Strikes Back in Italian. I haven't watched TV in over 2 months except for World Cup games, and this is the perfect reunion. "Ti amo. No so." Its ridiculously entertaining.
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