Rome - Days 3-4

Day 3 - Wednesday

We slept in a little bit on Wednesday morning because we were out kinda late on Tuesday night.  When we got up, we walked down to a restaurant that Kate wanted to go to called Cleto.  Turns out they don't open until 12 (it was only 1130), so we just ate somewhere else.  Then Megan got sick (like, really sick.. maybe food poisoning?) so we took her back to the hotel and Kate and I went exploring.  We walked to Piazza de Republic (I think?) and ate gelato by a pretty fountain.  Then we just wandered around and stopped at a farmers market and walked to some other pretty building.  At 3ish, we went to go meet up with Momma and Poppa Keys.  The Keys family then ventured to Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, an absolutely beautiful church.  Then we picked up Kate and Megan from the hotel and went to the Piazza de Spagna (and did the Spanish steps).  We walked to Piazza del Popolo, the Pantheon, Piazza Navona and then Randy got us lost trying to find Campo de Fiori.  After walking in circles for a while, we found it.. I'm still not really sure exactly what Campo de Fiori is, but it was pretty!  We ate dinner and then walked home by the Roman ruins.  Overall, it was a fantastic night.  It's always good to see Momma and Poppa Keys.. too bad it was only for a night =(

Day 4 - Thursday

We had to be out of our B&B by 10:30 on Thursday morning, but our flight wasn't until 8 pm.. so we checked out and walked around with our luggage (which was annoying, but what can you do?).  We walked down to Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore again, so Kate and Megan could see it.  Then we walked down by the ruins of Trajan Market and by the Colosseum for one last time.  We ate lunch at the Cleto place that Kate wanted to go to.

By that time, it was only 1 o'clock.  We found a train (that we almost missed) to the airport.  The train was at 1:52, but they didn't put the platform number up until 1:48 and it was literally the furthest platform away from where we were.  We had to run through the Termini with a few other panicked people, but we made it.  We were at the airport like 5 hours early though, so that sucked.  We went through security, which is much more lax than security in American/English airports.  I didn't take a single liquid out of my bag, and Megan set off the metal detector, and they just sent us on our way!  Passport control was also a breeze.. they barely looked at our passports.. just stamped them and let us through.  We lucked out, I think!  The flight back was uneventful.  Our host dad, Sandy, picked us up from the airport (we love him) and we got back to our house around 10:30.

Now, back to the real world!  I'm spending the day studying for my GRE and planning lessons, then heading into London for a dinner date.

I'll put up Rome pictures shortly!  However, I lost my memory card from the first 2 days (not happy about it).. so I only have pictures from the last 3 days.