We almost missed the tour of the Colosseum and the Roman Forum.. We were supposed to meet everyone to walk to the Colosseum at 2:30. At 2:45 we realized we were going to be late, very late. The Colosseum is about 2.5 miles away. Three of my roommates and I went to the bus stop and thought that may be quick, but then we remembered we were in Rome. Rome busses are never on any type of schedule, so we started speed walking. We got extremely lucky and were able to flag down a taxi! Which made us get there only 10 minutes late. So Emilio (our awesome Art Historian) took us on our way into the ancient Roman Forum. There is a lot more land in the Forum than I realized. You could walk around all day and just look at stuff. We however were kind of lazy because we had just ran almost a mile trying to make it on time, so we just went for the big stuff.

Then we went on to tour the Colosseum. That place was HUGE! I know that is kind of obvious, but it is really really big inside. The bottom floor that used to be underground is uncovered now, so it looks even bigger! Back in the day the underground level was where the gladiators and animals would just wait to begin the games. Rome was one of the last to build a colosseum. Before they would play their games in the woods. Nero had built an artificial lake way way back, and they drained this lake after he died to build the Colosseum. There is half of missing now because they used it to build other buildings in Rome.

After our long hot day we went to eat! I got a flaming creme brûlée! The flaming was a happy surprise! It was pretty good too. I was planning on coming back and just chilling, but when I got home I realized I did not have my phone on me. My relaxed night quickly turned into one filled with a lot of stress and panic. I DID FIND IT! A little over an hour later. It outside of our apartment under a potted plant that is by our front door. It had fallen out of my purse when I pulled my keys out I guess. I am so very very lucky! I am now going to basically duck tape it to my hand… I just have to find duck tape in Italy.