Jackie Week Day 5, Part II.- I've seen Gladiator plenty of times, I know how this works!

Next on the agenda was the Colosseum. The minute we stepped out of the Metro station, the Colosseum was already looming over us. Well, no need to ask for directions this time.



We hopped in line. People once again kept pushing the tours, which we ignored completely- A) We didn't really have enough time for another tour. B)We had already gotten screwed on one tour today, and were not making that mistake again! C) I've seen Gladiator enough times, that I think I know how this whole Colosseum thing worked! LOL.

Good call on not getting a tour, as we only had to wait in line for about 10 minutes. NICE. The Colosseum is pretty straight forward, so I'll just skip the chatter and give you the pictures. :)











Good thing we got to the Colosseum when we did, because by the time we left, the gates were closed! The Colosseum, the Forum, and Palatine Hill all close an hour before sunset. Oh, ok, let me just get out my sundial and see if we have enough time. LOL.
After the Colosseum, we went to check out the Pantheon, which unfortunately, ended up being closed to visitors because, crazy!, they were actually having church! lol.



So, we grabbed a quick gelato and headed to the Trevi Fountain.



The Trevi Fountain area was PACKED. It was absolute craziness! We fought the crowd and finally made it down in front of the fountain. Once we got there, we practically had to beat the stupid guys with Polaroid cameras who want a euro for a picture off with a stick! Good LORD! We had no sooner gotten rid of one, then another one came up! UGH! We finally found a couple of friendly tourists to take pictures for us. We both took turns tossing our coins into the fountain (but unfortunately, both pictures were taken on Jackie's camera for some reason. hmmm...) and decided to call it a day.



We took the train back home and CRASHED. We had WAAAYYY too much fun this week, and I was EXHAUSTED. Since Jackie's flight was so early, we had originally planned to pull an all-nighter, but that just wasn't going to happen! lol. I slept on and off until around 4:30. We called a cab and took Jackie to the airport. I didn't want to let her go! and unfortunately, I couldn't even stay to get her all checked in because the cab driver was waiting to take me back to my apartment! :( I loved having Jackie here for the week, but her visit made me really homesick. :(

The rest of the weekend was all work, no play. Studying for midterms. Ugh.

Be sure to check out the rest of the pictures from our trip to Roma in my Picasa album!
Ciao!