Rome Sweet Rome

Yesterday, we all went to the Roman forum and the Colosseum. We got the same long-winded guide for both of those places too. We entered the forum and sat down in one spot for a whole hour while he talked! I feel like I would have been better off walking around on my own. Although it was very interesting when he talked of the story about Julius Caesar. He pointed out right where all the events occurred. I have walked where Caesar walked. Although now the forum is ruined, literally. I really wish I could have seen Rome at the peak of its power. The whole forum would have been just amazing to see. We then made our way to the colosseum after a long while. On the way we saw the arch of Constantine and a few people acting like gladiators outside. They were also selling wooden swords. I was really tempted to buy one and have an epic sword battle inside the colosseum. I actually learned a few things about the colosseum. Did you know that the columns are numbered and the seats were numbered and they actually had tickets with assigned seating? They also served snacks and drinks there too. Sounds like a modern football stadium if you ask me. I know it’s obvious but you have to go there if you ever go through Rome. You have to see the inside. It may be a little bit smaller than you would expect but it is still, pardon the pun, colossal. And on the way out, wouldn’t you know it, someone carved the Texas A&M emblem into one of the pillars by the exit. Whoop!! Although I was proud, I was also a little disappointed that aggies would help carve up the colosseum like that. Oh well, I guess it’s not lying, stealing, or cheating... Didn’t do anything else that day besides dinner and working on my assignment. 2000 words! That seemed like way too much to ask for. I shouldn’t have waited so long to write it. I ended up choosing a bad one to do too. I got to about 650 and I was done with all my original thoughts about it. Finally, it was 3 in the morning when I decided that my stretched out, 1300 word paper would have to do. It was a terrible night. Then this morning was the final exam. It was a two essay questioned test. I wrote a page for one and a page and a half for the other. I really hope my answers were good enough. I was really burned out after the previous night. Later me and a few other people walked around town for one last time. We went by the castello san angelo, the Jewish Ghetto, and the Circo Maximo. Too bad it was sabbath, all the things in the Ghetto were closed down. I thought the Circo Maximo was going to be a building, but it was a wide open field with steep sides. That was where the Romans used to have chariot races like in Ben Hur. The racing track was still just as flat as it must have been back then. Then in the evening we all had a small going away party and said our goodbyes to each other and our awesome professor Steve. We sat around a fountain drinking wine the whole time. Then later that night we went to the Trevi Fountain and I finally got to throw my three coins. The first wish is a secret, second is for love, and the third is to come back to Rome. We then made our way back to the hotel. I have to be in the lobby at 3:45 am so I’m just going to stay up the whole time. Or attempt to...