Day 2 in Rome

Yesterday was much, much better!
After getting 10 hours of sleep we were still tired but not so much sleep deprived anymore.

Also, the showers in the other rooms are 150% better than mine- so I have been using those showers! Things are starting to look up!!

We took the bus with a group of people to Vatican City. We went into St. Peters Basillica for a while and went into the sacred room to pray for a few minutes. Then we went out to eat at a cafe and we had the best food we had had yet!- Tortillini and a cappaccino with a chocolate heart (from our server!)

Then we walked around the city and went into the little stores and looked at the vendors.
Let me tell you, we saw more genetalia of David then necessary!!

Then we found the Sistine chapel and walked around in it for quite a while. We didnt realize that it isnt just a chapel... we walked forever!!

On our way home, Rachel and I walked to the top of the "fake" Spanish steps and saw an absolutely breathtaking view of Rome.

We made our way home and got ready to go out on the town!

Once showered, dressed, make-up done and ready to go out, we headed downstairs to go to the bus and meet Allison out at a bar. Thennnn we were stopped by Cleopatra at the front desk telling us that we needed to be back in 30 minutes (after we were previously told that we had no curfew)
SO we tried to negotiate and got an extra hour, but that still wouldnt have been enough time to get to where we were going, have fun, and get back.
SO we negotiated some more. We tried convincing some of the workers to give us a key or come let us in when we came back-- which seemed to be working but ended up failing.

We ended up calling our director, getting permission to go out, and became best friends with Cleopatra and the staff at our dorms.
So much so that they all said they are going to try and throw a party for us next Saturday for my birthday!!
Cleopatra had 2 workers come out with us ("bodyguards") to make sure we were safe and whatnot.
We ended up going out around 11pm...
One spoke Italian and the other Spanish. Talk about translations! From English to Spanish, from Spanish to Itilian and then back the other way too.

We ended up NOT meeting up with my friend Allison but went to a bar that Amir (one of our bodyguards) knew someone working there. We didnt stay for long then went to get kabobs which equal wraps in Italy. But they were really good and really cheap!

After a bit, we headed home and finally arrived to our dorm around 3:30am
Then Lisa and I talked until 5:30am and went to bed as we started to hear the birds chirping outside...

A few hours later we needed to get up to meet our group downstairs... and day 3 begins!