What a day! Rachel and I have been having a great time in Rome. We saw the Colosseum, Pantheon, and even got ourselves onto an open bus/boat tour of the city. Note to would-be travelers SKIP THE BOAT. The river is so much lower than the city that all we could see was the bottom of bridges through the cracked windows of the tour boat, and the smell of old Italian biddies was less than appetizing at 9 in the morning. We spent all of 15 minutes inside of the Colosseum before deciding that having a snack on the outside watching tourists was way more worth our time and money. We met a boy from Oregon in our hostel who turned out to be our entertainment for the day, and in the end our demise. The three of us started the day at an Irish pub... It had free WiFi, and we had to do some travel planning. Unfortunately we ended back at this Irish pub two more times, and it progressively got worse. At 3 in the morning it was like walking into any college campus bar, the theme to Ghost Busters blaring, and all the study abroad kids humping each other or trying not to vomit in the streets. Honestly, we just wanted an Irish coffee to warm us up on the way home...

We arrived in Florence yesterday and spent about an hour finding our charming hostel that we decided to vacate as soon as we woke up. We literally put our jackets on over our pajamas and left. The plan is to stay at a hotel tonight to avoid having hard feelings towards the beautiful Firenze. Tonight is our last night together, and tomorrow I head to Paris. Time flies with Little Britches. Arrivaderci à Roma!