Roma :)

April 8th

We awoke, again, pretty early as we had to catch the metro and train to the airport.  When we got to the Acropoli I ended up getting a 1 1/2 hour travel ticket, we needed an actual, more expensive ticket to get to the airport.  I ended up getting a reduced ticket, even though Kelsey said I shouldn't.  We headed down to the trains and got on.  We had to get off at one point to change trains.  We were then on for good and finally arrived at the airport.  We parted our separate ways and headed to our different airlines.  We would meet back up in Rome.  I got in line to get my ticket and check my bag, since I had liquids that were more than 3 oz.  After getting my ticket I was on my way.  Now, not all airports are like the UK or America, security isn't technically first in Greece.  They have a place for you to get your ticket checked, to make sure that you can go through, and then you can walk by all the shops they have.  Right before heading into the area with your gate, then, you go through security.  Of course as like before with my flights to Athens, these people do not like boarding or even leaving on time.  I don't know why, it just drives me crazy!  So, I wasn't not happy when we started boarding at the time our plane was actually supposed to take off.
When we finally took off, about 15 minutes after we were originally going to, I fell asleep.  I slept for most of the flight, very exhausted, until they fed us.  We got a small ham sandwich, a little cheese sandwich and then a yogurt you could poor honey into.  I took the cheese off the little sandwich and took the honey from the yogurt and put those together, and then I ate my sandwich.  After landing in Rome I headed to get my checked bag.  It took en extremely long time for the checked bags to be put on the belt, an extremely long time.  Finally they started coming down and eventually I got mine.  I headed out and Kelsey was waiting right there while Morgan was at the other door, just in case.  We said our hello's and starting chatting right away.  Telling each other about stories from school and such.  We headed out to the train station that is connected to the airport and we waited for the train.  Not buying a ticket, as Morgan said they never check.  Saved me money.  When the train arrived we got on and headed to Morgan's apartment.  It was, I think, more than a 30 minute ride to where we needed to get off, so we again just chatted.
When we got to our train stop we hopped off and walked the short distance to Morgan's apartment building.  She introduced us to a few of her roommates while we were walking in and we "settled" in, putting our things in her room and getting ready to leave again.  We headed a few doors down of her apartment to a place called Pizza Boom.  They have different types of pizzas, some breads, and a lot of other things to choose from.  Not too expensive either.  I got a margarita pizza (cheese) and Morgan ordered two suppli, which is balled up rise with marinara and cheese in the middle deep fried.  She got two just in case Kelsey wanted one, which after she tried it she did eat it.  She's such a picky eater, silly girl.  We then headed to to local grocery store to see what they had to offer us.  We ended up buying some sparkling strawberry wine that we were going to save for later.  After our purchase we headed back to the apartment to drop it off.
Off we were again, which Morgan had a few ideas of what she was going to show us, which was great!  Since we didn't really know what we wanted to see.  We first headed to the little tram station where we got off at some Argentinian ruins.  Also the cat sanctuary was there.  Well it pretty much is the whole thing.  A bunch of cats live in the ruins, just hanging out.  People can volunteer and come and feed them, which would be awesome.  We then headed to Piazza Venezia which is a monument to Vittorio Emanuele II.  It is an amazing monument, and I wish I could do something great to have a giant building made out of stone for me, too selfish?  Behind the Piazza was another building, don't ask what it is, Morgan didn't know.  She said it is rumored to be designed by Michelangelo.  We then walked behind and got a good view of the Roman Forum.  We were going to head into a church that was nearby but the doors ended up being locked so we skipped that and headed up to a balcony in Piazza Venezia.  On the balcony we had another very good view of Rome.  I am extremely lucky to have Morgan living here.  If I had come by myself it would not have been the same.  The only downside was Morgan didn't really know anything about the places we visited :p  She knew the names though, which was very nice.  We got a quick look on that balcony and then did a quick walk through the museum that was inside to the front balcony.  We headed down the front steps, to where a police man was blowing a whistle, at something.  We didn't see anyone doing anything wrong so we joked that he was blowing it at the seagull that was hanging out on the ledge.
Morgan had only one class while we were visiting and it was this afternoon.  We headed there, which wasn't too far away, on the tram at least.  Then we had to walk about five flights of stairs and then a hill to get to her university.  I concurred the stairs and we finished walking up the hill.  Quite a hike.  As soon as we got to Morgan's university our first stop was to check her mail.  She was expecting an Easter basket from her mother.  No such luck.  We then sat down and talked, since we were quite early for her class.  When it was time for her to head in to class Kelsey and I headed into the computer room where we sat ourselves in front of a computer for some free internet time and catching up with peoples lives elsewhere.  Morgan came back after about an 1 1/2 later and we headed out.  We headed to another outlook of the city at Gianicolo Hill.  It was another great view of the city!  We walked back down the hill and went back to the apartment.
Morgan had a bought a cake earlier in the week for us, so we ate some of that when we got back.  Morgan, being the wonderful host she is, made us some mac and cheese.  So our supper consisted of mac and cheese, cake and our wine.  It was a delicious mix for supper.
After we were done with supper we headed back out again.  We walked through more piazza's and by the Pantheon.  We stopped at a gelato place and got some gelato, pretty delicious.  We then walked by Rome's parliament building, so Morgan says ;) and walked to the Trevi Fountain.  The lights on the Trevi made it look so beautiful.  Even though it was pretty late there were still a ton of people around.  Next stop, the Spanish Steps.  We made the trek up those even after the five flights we did earlier.  As well as the 3+ flights up to Morgan's apartment.  We stood at the top of the stops, overlooking the surrounding area and just taking in the sites, and watching the guys down below try to sell purses, wallets, and little toys that glowed.  We then headed back, and eventually went to bed after our first day of Rome site seeing!  Cheers