Hi there. Before I begin the blog post about my recent trip to Europe I just want to say 1. thank you for reading (I don't think anyone is but if you are...thanks!), 2. this week has been better than the past few so...yay and 3. I've recently bought bit of Urban Decay makeup that I'm really excited about, so that's a thing. All right now on with the blog post!
I decided on the trip that I went on probably in February so the second half of my school year was spent looking forward to this trip, and I was not disappointed. It was so amazing. On June 30th I flew to JFK where I was going to meet up with the rest of my group. My group leader, Hannah, picked me up from my gate and then we went where the rest of the group was, except for the people who haven't arrived yet. I had never met any of the people on my trip before yet, and there were eighteen kids in my group, including me, so I was nervous I wouldn't get along with some of them, but immediately we started talking and learning about each other so everything was good, though very awkward.
After a few hours of talking and getting to know each other we boarded our plane from New York to Rome and I slept for most of that and I hadn't really gotten to know the person I was sitting next to yet so we didn't talk for 99% of the 9 and a half hour plane ride. We landed in Rome where we met up with our other group leader, Dwayne (more on him later), and one of the other girls in our group who was already in Greece so she flew from Greece to Rome instead of flying from Greece, to New York to Rome which makes a lot of sense (this is not sarcasm). Then we headed to our hostel and, let me say, Rome is very hot. And there's never any air conditioning ANYWHERE. We were dying, and the time change wasn't very pleasant either.** Once we got to our hostel it was basically playing cards and still getting to know everyone.
The next day we went through the sweltering city all the way to Vatican City. When we came to the Vatican, Dwayne said to meet at 2:30. He did not say where. So I went with two other girls in my group and we wandered through the Vatican, marveling at the beautiful sculptures and paintings. At the end of the Vatican, at 2:30, right before the entrance to the Sistine Chapel, we saw other group members, including Dwayne, so we sat down and waited for the rest of our group to show up. After a half hour of waiting we went into the Sistine Chapel which was breathtaking. It was absolutely stunning. It was by far one of my favorite parts of Rome. Apparently the rest of our group was waiting inside the Sistine Chapel, so we had wasted a half hour in Rome sitting on the floor of the Vatican. Good job, Dwayne.
So once we exited the Sistine Chapel and were outside we noticed that Hannah and four of our group members were missing. So Dwayne started to freak out and decided that it would be a good idea to back through the Vatican, all the way back to the Sistine Chapel to look for them. We didn't find them. So Dwayne lead us through an exit and we ended up going to look for them in St. Peter's Basilica, which was also incredible. We didn't find them. After that we went out into the Vatican Square and Dwayne led us to some steps outside to the side of the Vatican. Many of us said, "Dwayne, they won't be able to see us here." Did Dwayne listen? No, because Dwayne refused to listen to us throughout the entire trip.
After about two hours of waiting on some goddamn steps, Dwayne finally decided it would be a good idea to move into the center of the square where they might be able to see us. They found us in around twelve seconds.
So now after about four hours of being separated we were reunited! We finally exited Vatican City and ate dinner at a very good café*** and had gelato and it was FUCKING HEAVEN. SO. GOOD. OHMYGOD I WANT IT NOW.
The next day was far more relaxed. We went to the Colosseum, the Spanish Steps,the Trevi Fountain and had more gelato. That concludes my Roman experience! Come back another time for more I guess. Toodles.
Days until school: 15
Day's Rating: 8/10
*I immediately asked for any Harry Potter fans and there were several so we were able to bond over that to get through those first awkward hours of getting to know everyone. People also knew who Bo Burnham is...so that helped too.
**Six hours -.-
***I had spaghetti bolognese and it was delicious :)
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