Guess who's here?!?!

Yay!  Nana Mary is here!  This is the view from our window!!!!

The Colosseum at night

The Colosseum

Up the stairs we go! We left our house in Torello this morning. You know how we had to take our luggage down all those stairs when we got here? Well, we now you had to do that again...but upstairs AND without any help!! Everyone thought I was taking so long to finish my Nutella toast and said we had to go but then I just booked it up the stairs with my luggage over my shoulder and I got to the top first, before everyone (although I was dead by the time I reached the top!)! Our driver, Stefano, was waiting there and once everyone was in the car, he took us to the train station in Salerno. The train was two hours (thankfully, we took the fast train!) and took us to Rome where we impatiently awaited the arrival of the one and only...NANA MARY!! 

The view outside our apartment was insane!! You just looked out the window and then, BANG - there's the Colosseum!!! Like the REAL DEAL right it front of us. It was unreal (even though it's the real deal haha)!! Within minutes of Nana Mary arriving, we where all laughing so hard because we played such a funny joke on her! We told Nana that there were nuns living upstairs and this was "a house of silence" so she could only whisper!! She actually believed us and starting whispering "oh sh*tttttt" and then Tobin pretended to be a nun and using a high voice said, "Be quiet! We can hear you! This is a house of silence!" Nana got super scared and I was peeing of laughter! Eventually she found out it was Tobin and we were joking!!! 

When Nana Mary got there I finally had my partner in crime with me, so we went out to explore the streets of Rome together(which I already know pretty well from coming here a couple weeks ago) while the rest of the family rested at home! I took Nana to the Spanish Steps and all the famous buildings and sculptures in Rome! We even passed the hated Nespresso store!! All this only took under two hours!! We were supposed to be home just after 7:00 because we leaving at 7:30 but we ended up rushing into the door at exactly 7:30!! Whoops!! Classic move! Tonight we are going on a night tour of the Colosseum in Rome!! Before that we had to quickly rush and get something to eat at a restaurant down the street. We all got pasta and even though we were in a rush, we couldn't help but order the tiramisu that looked DELICIOUS! And of course, IT WAS. 

The Colosseum at night was amazing!! There were no tourists and there wasn't scorching hot, which made it so much more enjoyable!! We got to walk inside the Colosseum where the gladiators actually fought each other. We walked all up in the stands where people watched from and got to see underground, where slaves lifted animals up on platforms! I thought the Colosseum was in great shape for how old it was and thought it looked way bigger in real life!! 

After an awesome experience in the Colosseum that I thought was so interesting we walked back home! Back at the house it was pretty late so we hit the hay!! Goodnight everyone and creep it real-mimirockzzz king julian