Roaming around Roma

K... had to write this on a malfunctionig keyboard on a ANCIENT computer in my hostel... please forgive the weird verbage and poor grammar.

Gonna try and make this brief...

What happened today in Rome. OMG! So much stuff.

first we, Dominic and I, went to the Santa Maria della Vittoria. This is where a famous statue called The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa is... she claims that she was being stabbed by an angel and experiencing great pain. Because the pain was sent by heaven she wanted to continually have them. It's really quite interesting. Apparently she also had them randomly in the street sometimes. But she liked them?

second we saw the fontana de tritone which was a fountain with triton. Um... the picture would be helpful about now, but it's really pretty.

thirdly, the famous fontana de trevi. This is the huge fountain where you make a wish by throwing a coin with your right hand over your left shoulder into the fountain.

fouth, the spanish steps... also very touristy and pretty.

fifth the pantheon. If you don't know about it use a wiki because there's way too much to type here.

somewhere before 4 and 5 we got lost and sound this huge building they're still building. Um... it's a tomb of an unknown soldier. HUGE

seventh the Piazza Navona that has two fountains in it and a huge plazza where painters and sketchers come.

eightly we went to the piazza campo de frori but missed the open air market by a smidge. We're going back in the morning tomorrow.

nine the Capitoline Hill and its museums.

whoa... all of that all around the city. My feet hurt. We left the hostel at 9am and came back 9pm. No joke. there were also a lot of random things we saw in between all our stops. Pretty much every street in Rome leads to something beautiful whether it be a fountain or piazza or market place, or building, etc. Also, we did a bit of shopping. After saving up my money for a whole semester and NOT allowing myself to go shopping (for clothes)... this was well deserved. I found a top that was originally 109 euro marked down to 10 euro!!! Another top was 90 euro marked down to 10 euro!! Must have been last season's stuff.

anyone else notice the significant number of nines?

So tomorrow we'll be seeing the Sistine Chapel and Saint Peter's Basilica... after we visit the open air market at the piazza campo de frori.

Wont be able to get pictures up until I get back to Galway. That would be April 1st... funny how that's April Fools... but YEAH!

Hope you all are doin' well.

Shout out to my lil' sis KIM RILEY!! RUN FAST MOONSHINE!