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3:52pm
oh my gosh! today has already been so long and wonderful and crazy. First, both megan, my roomate, and i couldnt sleep so we got up and had a classy, casual breakfast at the hotel and talked. we seem to get along very well. its not that we have a lot in common, we just mesh well and have similar personalities. after breakfast everyonein our group met down in the lobby to begin our walking tour of central and historical rome. we had a guide who gave us all these things with earphones and he had a microphone....so he just walked and talked and we can hear everything he says. first we walked to campo di fiori which has an awesome local market in the mornings and was neat to see. next, we went to piazza navona and on to the pantheon which is WAY cooler than i thought and i loved it before. then we wnet on to trevi fountain and took a break for lunch. meg and i walked and got a panini then met back up with the group. we walked to piazza venezia where we got on our bus to the colosseum. we then got a really good tour of the colosseum with great views of the palatine hill and via sacra. after the colosseum we took a bus tour to all the other major areas of the city and saw (to name a few): the quirinale palace, circus maximus, palazzo margherita, then aurelian wall, etc. the scale and concentration of monumental things is unreal. i honestly dont know how anyone gets full-sized photos of anything....its too close together. after today i will NEVER complain on a tour again because i had an awesome time and learned so much and was able to explain a lot of things i had already learned about to people who asked...but people started to tire and get whiney.....what can there possibly be to whine about in ROME. i had my first homesick tendencies today but im fine....it was more like home-curiosity and i miss bella so much it hurts. everyone here has dogs and puppies which doesnt help....plus i think i might be getting an eye infection...neat. never had one before so of course i would get one over seas.....ok...nap time.
8:30pm
well apparently im more homesick than i thought! i finally admitted it. i would have been fine if i hadnt talked to Sarah and then my mom....who was telling me all about bella....which made me cry like a baby....not about my family or best friend...my dog. then i bailed on going out. honestly though im enjoying the time alone in the room with the windows open and the sounds of rome coming in and i HAVE TO STUDY for my language placement test on thursday. so, i might turn on the tv and see how i do.
10pm
so as soon as everyone went out i called brandon and talked for like 30 minutes. he gave me all of the friend gossip and puppy updates so im doing a little better and a lot worse at the same time.
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