Rome-The Finale

Oh, Sunday..

After we gave my gifted bottle of wine away, we ran off to see the inside of the Colosseum. It was fantastic and spectacular and I imagined the movie Gladiator while inside, as well as the movie Jumpers since they go into the bottom in that movie. It seemed crowded on a random Sunday in February so I can only imagine what it is like in the summer..After walking through it, we walked over to the Trastavere neighborhood, with its tiny, winding streets and lots of restaurants and found some lunch! I had yummy italian pasta with a tomato, salad, bread, and vinagrette appetizer (I ate Megan's appetizer as well), plus a chicken breast with more salad. It was a good meal. We explored the streets of Rome more and walked along the river back to Vatican City. We thought about buying some masks for Carnival, but they looked very cheaply made (being from a street vendor, what more could we have expected?). We then walked across the river to find 'the best Gelati in Rome' at a place called Della Palma. A guy trying to get us to come on a pub crawl at the Colosseum told us about it. The gelati was delicious, but the line was long. I guess everyone knew about Della Palma. After eating we hurried back to the hostel to grab our bags, and caught our bus at 4:30. Our flight left 30 minutes late at 7:50, and we were back in our dorm rooms by 11pm Sunday night. It was a blast and I will return someday!