All roads lead to Rome !

Today was a realy fun , but as usual a long day . The day started out with a 7:15 wake up which was nice . Breakfast was the same as yesterday and was absolutely disgusting . After breakfast we boarded our bus for a 4 hour bus ride to Rome! The bus ride went very well. I Slept part of the time and listened to music and enjoyed the scenery . Before we knew it we were arriving in Rome ! It was very neat arriving in the city of Rome.  It was all farm land, then all of a sudden it transformed into a major city ! The city was very nice right when we got there we went to lunch , which was a very nice pasta dish . From lunch we started out on a walk to the Coliseum.  The walk was a long one but it was nice walking through Rome with how nice of a city it is. Before we knew it we could see the Coliseum . I will never forget the moment when I fist saw it.  I had a feeling of amazement and shock just noticing I am in Rome and am on my way to the Coliseum which is one of the most known sights in the world . When we got inside it we had a very nice tour of it . We learned lots including how much the Coliseum was used through out history all the way through WWII . I also found it interesting that they took material from it to help build the Vatican . I also learned that it used to be white but the color was changed by all of the pollution in the air . Also, the whole stage collapsed several hundred years ago, but they are in the process of rebuilding a similar one .From the Coliseum we went to the Forum which was the capital area of the roman empire . There were lots of amazing old ruins . They also had an arch for soldiers to march under when they were returning from war which reminded me of the arc d triumph . Except this one was white and very large . From there we had some free time to souvenir shop . After that we went to dinner.  We had the option to chose between pizza and risotto and I chose risotto, which is a little harder to get in America . It was very good ! From there we went to our hotel which is very nice, and where we will be stating for the next 3 nights . It is hard to believe that this is the last hotel on this trip !