YAY!
Today is day 1/2 of our trip!!
We left Arizona at 9am and arrived in Chicago at 3pm and then took a 9 1/2 flight to Rome, Italy at 5pm!
(HAPPY BIRTHDAY SANDRA!)
They played The Blind Side and The Guilt Trip during the flight..(I watched Warm Bodies on my phone) and served us dinner- mash potatoes with chicken or risotto (Sandra and I got the mashed potatoes)
After spending almost 10 hours in that plane, we finally landed in Italy! We went through customs and got our baggage and met our manager Markus. Since we got out of the airport faster than expected, our bus driver took us around the city and got to drive around the forum, and the colosseum. Then at lunch we had a french dish with rice(not sure if it was risotto or not) and tiramisu..which I found out I didnt like :(
After lunch and singing to Sandra, we went to the colosseum! We met a local guide there, who taught us about the history of the structure and the significance in Rome's history. After taking tons of pictures, going up large steps, and walking around, we left the colosseum and went to the Roman Forum and learned more about the history of all those buildings as well.
Our local guide left us, and Markus directed us to the restaurant for dinner. We walked for atleast 20 or 30 minutes..... which was painful and made everyone thirsty!!!! Once we got to the restaurant and found out that it had wifi, my hole table freaked out and iMessaged, instagramed and snapchated family and friends. With my feet hurting like crazy we walked to the bus... and took an hour drive to our hotel. we picked our meals for tomorrow and got briefed on what is expected and necessary to go to the vatican, and our roommates for the next two days! (mine is Adrianna!!)
Room checks and outfit checks for tomorrow were fine.. finally got a password for the wifi and was able to write this and post pictures in instagram. @laurenannarnold
We've got an early morning tomorrow, and a day full of walking!! (poor feet)
WOW -Thats amazing!!!
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