Italia: Roma & Firenze!

Sorry that I'm so ridiculously behind on my posting!  I knew my post about Italy would take a while, though, so I've been waiting for some solid free time, which is now!  In short, Italy was so much fun!  I flew to Rome by myself because I didn't really want to fly home to Copenhagen from Spain and then back to Italy right away.  Luckily, one of my friends from abroad was going to be in Rome that same day, so we stayed in the same hostel, which was a lot of fun! Unfortunately, one of my roommates was puking all night, which wasn't very pleasant. 

The next day, I got up early to meet the group at my hotel, which was convinently located right next to the Spanish Steps.  The first day was already eventful: we walked around the city and got to see cool things like the Piazza del Popolo, Largo Argentino, The Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, and much more!  After that, we got our first amazing dinner!  I

don't know how the Italians can eat so well, and still stay so thin!!

The next day, we got to see The Colosseum, as well as many other classical monuments.  The Colosseum was absolutely amazing and so crowded!  It was so weird being inside after seeing so many pictures of it!  The Forum Romanum was almost even more amazing, though, because it was so enormous!  From the outside, it looked like we could walk through it in a half hour, but it took us a couple of hours at least.

While in Rome, we also got to some places that are not-so touristy, which was very nice.  Probably two of my favorite places to visit was a cemetary where famous authors, like von Goethe, Keats and Shelley are buried, and also the Baths of Caracalla, which was an ENORMOUS bathhouse.  In contrast, another very cool place which was VERY touristy was Vatican City.  There was so much beautiful art, it was almost overwhelming.  The Sistine Chapel, in particular, was very impressive because of Michelangelo's artwork on the ceiling.

After four days in Rome, we headed off to Florence, which I liked a bit more because it wasn't so crowded everywhere.  Most of the artwork that we had been learning about class was all in Florence, such as The Birth of Venus (my personal favorite) by Botticelli and Michelangelo's David.  I have to admit, though, that probably my favorite part of Florence was the fun clubs we went to. 

We all went out as a group twice, which was fun, and we really got to know each other really well.  By the end of the trip, I had made some really cool new friends, which was the best part

 of the whole trip!!

I have to say that after visiting all of these places, I am still 100% glad that I chose to study in Denmark, though.  I have adjusted very well to life in Copenhagen and think it was a perfect pick for me!