Roma

      Rome was a totally different experience this second go round, as I expected. With my family, I got a great tour of the Vatican, the Colosseum, the forums and many other places. This time, we had a much bigger group and it wasn't put on by a private tour guide so it wasn't as enjoyable. But, it was a blast. Even though we had no idea what our "english speaking" tour guide was saying, we had a little too much fun looking at her under arm hair...

      Out of all the things we saw, my favorite might have been the trevi fountain. While it is much smaller than the vatican or the colosseum, it was just as amazing. 

      Besides all the amazing historical structures we got to see, the pub crawl we did had to be the most fun part. For 20 euros, we got free drinks for an hour and a half, and then were brought to two more bars. I've heard from friends that its a really fun thing to do and they were right. We had a big group of about 20 of us so it was great. 

       We were lucky enough to make it to St. Peters Square just in time on Sunday at noon for the popes blessing. Pretty crowded.