Day 5: Collosseum

I was really excited for today. We took the train into Rome and took the metro to meet up with Jill and Molly once again. They took us to the Collosseum, which was partially under construction but did not take away from the wow factor. I thought the Collosseum was stunning, but apparently it is collossaly ugly. I did not agreed with this but I guess thats peoples opinion. After, we went to old ruins and looked at a few chruches. For some chruches they dug down and the doors to inside the church was a few feet below the surface. There was so much history in just one place.

Shortly after, we had free time to explore Rome. Taylor, Nicole, Mikayla, Olivia and I, got our maps from Josh and headed out to explore. We stopped in a few touristy shops. I got a sweater and some keychains. We wandered back near the Trevi Fountain from the other day. We also watch one of the people do spray paint art. I thought it was insane what they can do within a short time. For lunch I stopped and grabbed pizza, again. I got sauce and cheese pizza once again, but this time the sauce was a bit different, it had a little spice to it, which I enjoyed a lot. Shortly later, we headed back near the Collosseum, hopped on the metro and went back to the train station.

At the train station we still had about an hour until we had to meet up with everyone else. Taylor wanted to go get books from the book store and so did I, so us five headed there. After checking out, we headed to our meeting spot and waited patiently for the rest of the group to come, while keeping a careful eye on the board for our platform number. When everyone got there and our platform number came up, we walked quickly down to the platform and boarded the train.

While on the train, I sat and enjoyed my music. I enjoyed my music alot more than normal because I barely had listened to any since I left Canada. The train ride seemed slow and it made me really tired, so I took a quick nap on the train.

We had dinner at Allan's that night. It was a Venezuelan style meal. It consisted of rice and beans, beef with a sauce with the perfect blend of spices, cornbread, closlaw, and a fried plantain. For dessert we had a cornbread bar that had the texture of cake, and smelled like carrot cake. We also got a little cup of icing that had a bit of netmeg. I really enjoyed the meal alot, it was very good.

For the short time I had until curfew, I showered and looked around in the market.

Collosseum

Venezuelan meal

Our very yummy dessert