We had a field trip to Rome not this past weekend but the weekend before that. We stayed just from Saturday to Sunday. It sure was nothing like any other field trip I have ever been on in my life! It was just Alyssa, Nate, Chris and I because we are the only ones in this particular class. As soon as we got there we went to the Roman Forum. It was amazing to know that everything I was looking at was created and placed there tons of years ago. The entire time I tried to picture it the way it was all the way back then. At one point we even got to see an entire view over the city which, was beautiful. My favorite part of the Roman Forum was seeing the place where they believe Julius Caesar was buried. It still had flowers placed all around it. We stopped for lunch afterwards and I got a pizza. Of course we managed to save some room for gelato afterwards too. Once everyone met back up we headed to the Colosseum which, was the part I was the most excited about. As soon as we got inside and I got a full view I was shocked with how amazing it was. It is difficult to put it into words because it is the type of thing that you need to go and see yourself to truly understand. We spent an entire hour just roaming around it and exploring. I didn't want to leave! From that point on we were all free to do as we wished for the rest of the day. The four of us decided to head back to our hotel rooms for a little while first. By the time we relaxed a little bit and got ready it was dark outside. We headed straight to the Spanish Steps. They were packed with people. We chose to eat at one of the many restaurants nearby. Once we were done we went to this area called Trastevere which, is apparently a very popular spot with a whole strip of bars. We picked one and just hangout and had a few drinks for a while.

Unfortunately, it was pouring the next morning. On top of that, the Roman marathon (which only happens twice a year) just so happened to fall on this day. This made the plans that our teacher had made a little difficult. While we waited for the mass at the Pantheon to end we all went into a nearby cafe to get some coffee to wake us up. It was adorable and my cappuccino was excellent! After we were finally able to go inside the Pantheon we headed to see the ara pacis. We had learned about this in class multiple times. It was cool to actually get to see it in person. I was glad we got to see it because this is something that I normally wouldn't have made time for if our teacher didn't have it in our itinerary. We didn't have the entire day to spend so we had to leave after that. We passed the Spanish Steps on our way to the train station and I was happy I got to see them in the daylight as well. 

Overall, I was very impressed with Rome. The city is much bigger than I had imagined. As a result, we didn't have enough time to make it over to the Vatican. I was only able to see it from a distance. This was the only thing that makes me upset looking back at the weekend. Yet, I guess it is the perfect excuse to go back to visit again!!!