Rome(ing) Through Italy

So sorry to everybody for making you wait for my next posting. I thought all the pictures would hold you off but i guess i thought wrong. Anyways, Rome is amazing there is no other word to describe it. We got here on Thursday at around 12 pm: The train was delayed 2 hours and for what reason i do not know. We came to the hostel and found our way just fine left our stuff in the hostel and started to Rome around. We walked upon a little garden that was completely hidden and sat down and just breathed becuase it was so FREAKING hot that day. Rome is like Florida just a little less humid. That night we signed up for a "night" tour and it was really cool. We saw the Trini fountain, Spainish steps, the parliment buildings, and alot of other stuff i cant remember because it all mushes in my head. So the next day after sweating all the water i have in body out, we got ready and went on the Vatican Tour that is through our hostel. Best thing we ever did. Cheap and really good tour to go on for kids our age. The Vatican was just incredible, the tour guid decided that we were going to start the tour as if we were beginning the pilgrimage as the Catholics do. We walked on the bridge of angels which to me were hardly angels at all. They all held something that had to do with the killing of jesus. One angel had the crown of thorns and so on. It was very interesting. SO we walked all around and went into St. Peters basilica and it was just HUGE. I couldnt believe. It was just all done in gold and brass and all these marble statues around. The estimated worth of it was 1.2 trillion dollars. That is just crazy. We continued our tour there and saw were the popes office is, the swiss guards, and the Pieta that Michangelo sculpted when he was just 24 and wasnt a well known artist. After the basilica it was off to the museums those were interesting ill save the storys for when i come home. lol. But at the very end of musuems was the Sistine Chapel. There are no words to describes this because it just awes you as soon as u walk in. I really wish there werent that many people around because i think that would have made it more enjoyable but still. You arent allowed to talk when you walk in there and you arent allowed to take pictures which i found odd , because apparently when they restored the Sistine Chapel they had the Japanese commission it and now they have the copyrights to all photos taken until 2007. DAMN IT! But anyways after that it was still worth seeing. When we were walking home i started to feel very sick and i didnt know what was happening. We got back to the hostel and then it hit me. I got heat exhaustion and i didnt get up for 2 more days. I was very sick and Jessica took care of me. Finally i got over being sick and had and energy to do anything we went to the Colosseum. WOO hooo. That was really fun. We walked around it and just observed how old it was and saw were the gladiators fought. Scary stuff. Walked to a little park in the back and just sat and cooled off. Great time. On Monday we went to the Pantheon. Now i know some people might say that we are doing this backwards because the Pantheon is the oldest building in Rome but still we went. It was more than i expected and i will never forget it. The oculus was cool to look there and they say god is looking through it at you so i stood there and waited lol. Couldnt do much else because half of it was getting restored. I still enjoyed it and never expected Rome to be like this. Tonight we leave for Nice and im glad to go just to go to the beach and bum around getting a tan. WOO Hoo. Cant wait to come home though, very home sick and i want some Cheetos and MEXICAN FOOD. They dont know what they are talking about here when you ask for mexican food. Miss you all and the count down is 10 days!!!