Finally in Rome

So we landed in Rome this morning at 8:30am Rome time, 2:30am ET- which means I was up (and STILL AM) since 7am ET Thursday morning!

So for the flight, I was in row 14 while EVERYONE ELSE was back in row 30. My seatmate was nice but it would have been cool to sit with all of my friends for the 9 hour flight. I wasn't able to sleep at all either...

We land in Rome and there is no terminal for us to pull into so they pulled down the staris and we stood on the tarmack in the rain for 15 minutes while waiting for a peoplemover to pick us up. Did I mention- it was COLD!

We finally made it into the airport and exchanged some money and found our taxi guy to bring us to our dorms.

So far, so good.

We get settled into our rooms then all meet up to decide what to do: Go see the collesium, spanish steps, other historical landmarks, and the city.

So we start our adventure and it is raining. We made it to the Spanish museum and then lost our friends for 50 minutes... but met a really cool guard!

Then to the collesium. It was cool.
On our way out, Nicole went to buy an unbrella and had it shoved in her face and American money slapped out of her hand and being yelled at by the vendor, "FU*K YOU! I DONT WANT YOUR AMERICAN MONEY"

Okayyyy soo that was an experience.

So we decided to head back to the dorms because it was raining and we were all tired and wanted to shower and relax. 2 hours later, we finally stumbled back to our dorm- tired and exhaused and stressed out. We were lost in the city for 2 hours, in the rain, backtracking over and over again. Turns out, we were just one block away from our dorm and had no idea!!

Plus, the food isnt that good... well, our street pizza, that is.

So finally back to the dorm, we were excited to shower and relax. Welll, out shower head is about the size of a half-dollar and faces the wall. And there is no way to make it face you. Plus, the water pressure is so strong that it basically tears the skin off of your body.
Freezing, raw skin, and sore from our walk of the city, we were all showered and... relaxing.

That is, until our blowdryer decided to catch on fire and make our whole room smell like burnt crap.

Okay, well we just had a bad day and I am getting all of my fustration out. Tomorrow should be better- we will be rested and going to Vatican city

Hopefully it will just get better from here!