Roma--Day 1

The API group at the Colosseum.

St. Peter's Square

About to throw my coin in the Trevi Fountain!

First Pizza in Italy.  Yummm :)

I started my first day in Rome with breakfast at the hotel, and got to try nutella for the first time..so good!  Our tour guide for the day, Paulo, met us and we went on a walking tour of Rome.  We went through Campo de'Fiori with a wonderful market so I tried to see if this was the one my host family worked at, but no luck. We went to the Pallazzo della Cancelleria which houses the tribunal of the Vatican, then Piazza Navona (the center for art and night life), and then we turned a corner through some cobblestone roads, and all of a sudden, like out of nowhere, we walked right into the Pantheon!  That is the beauty of Rome.  All of the historic sites are situated within the modern city, so they are so accessible.  Inside the Pantheon is a Jesuit Church which I was excited to learn about.  We took a coffee break and I had a granita de cafe con panna.  Basically tasted like I was eating a coffee bean, haha, but they like strong coffee.  We went to the Church of St. Ignatius--the first Jesuit Church in Rome.  We walked through the streets to the Trevi Fountain, so I got to toss in my coin and make a wish!  We walked to the Piazza Venenzia, saw the Vittoriano monument, the house of Michaelangelo, and the Italian government.  We stopped for lunch, and I had my first pizza in Rome (sorry Lino's but best pizza I've ever haad at the cafe we went to haha).  We toured on our own the rest of the day, which consisted of going back to a few of the things we saw before, shopping, and of course, eating more!  After dinner, we went across the street from the hotel to get gelato and got it for free!  Its already going by so fast!