Day Four – Paris / travel /Rome –Wednesday October 25th
Today we got to sleep in because the flight was not until 11 or 12. We had another nice breakfast of croissants, and Starbucks. Then we had a nice flight and then we got to Rome we took a shuttle bus to the train station were we either were going to walk or to take a taxi to the hotel. We took a taxi but the driver ripped us off. We paid more than we did when we left. It was another long day.
Day one –Rome –Thursday October 26th
Today we got up kind of early but we were still very tired because even though we went to bed late the cars outside kept us up a lot. Today we went to Vatican City! It is really cool it is considered a different city than Rome even though it is very tiny to be a city. We got a guided tour and the guide was awesome but they said that the tour was going to be 2 hours max of 2 hours 45 min but it took 4 hours and almost 4 and half hours. It was really good though. Then we went out for lunch and we were starving!! After lunch we went back to the room but instead of staying just for a little break we ended up stay for along time and we all fell asleep. Then we went to se the Spanish steps, and the Trevi fountain and other things that we came apron when we were walking around. When we got to the Spanish steeps we realized that we forgot the camera back at the hotel L. Then we found a nice place for dinner and had another fairly early night.
Day two –Rome –Friday October 27th
Today we got up at a normal time and went to see the coliseum. Since we liked our tour so much yesterday we got another one today. It wasn’t as good because the tour guide let her daughter play with her microphone so it didn’t work and we couldn’t really hear her. But it coliseum was very nice. It is really big and cool. The tour ended quickly but in the price there was a tour of the pantheon. We went on that tour and our guide was amazing. He was very funny too! Then in the afternoon we decided to go to a big park, we decided that we would try the subway to get there. The subway was so full that we waited for 3 trains to go by until we actually got on one! When we got to the park there were rowboats so Flora, Isla and I went on one. It was really fun since that none of us can really row. Then we walked around a bit then went for dinner. Then we walked to the hotel room and had to start to pack because it was our last day in Rome. We had an early night because we had to get up a 6 am the next morning.
Day three –Rome/ travel day / Paris–Saturday October 29th
Today we got up really early and went outside to wait for our taxi. When he didn’t show up on time we all started to worry especially Christine. Finally some guy came across the street and he ended up being our taxi driver. The drive to the airport was supposed to take 40 to 45 minutes but it only took us like 20. I also didn’t have a seat belt. When we got there we had to wait in line to check our baggage then we had to wait in a huge line to get through security\y. we though we had only 20 minutes to get through this line and it took us half an hour. People kept on jumping the line it was really annoying. When we finally got through we rushed to the gate which hadn’t event opened yet so we got some breakfast finally. When we were on the plane there was some Italian guy who went into the bathroom and started to smoke. He was getting in so much trouble but he kept on denying it, even when the threated for the police to pick him up at the gate. The whole back of the plane smelled of smoke. It was really gross. We landed in Paris because there were no direct flights. We were in Paris for 5 hours. It felt like forever. Thank goodness for the free Wi-Fi. Then we had a flight back to Newcastle with more than 15 toddlers on the whole fight. We got as far away from them as we could. When we arrived in Newcastle I didn’t have any trouble getting through security. It was a very long day.
