We are in Rome

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:29:04 GMT

Hello there!

Jake and I have safely arrived in Rome. Things are going well, this city is amazing! It is filled with so much art, decadence, life and of course according to Jake hot women - something about the bras here being more supportive. Ask him about it.

So far our adventure has consisted mostly of the tourist stuff. Which has been amazing. We have seen the colleseum, which is larger then life and absolutely breath taking. We took a tour and I was amazed at the vastness and organization that was involved in the running of such a stadium. As soon as I have the ability to upload pictures you will see what I mean. It is amazing to see such ancient ruins in the middle of a rather modern city. We have seen the major sights, the fountains, the Pantheon, the Spainish Steps and have been able to take advantage of the amazing view of the city from a number of different points, due to the amzing outlooks that are here. We threw coins into the Fountain of Trevi, one in hopes for a return to Rome and the second granted us a wish, one guess what Jake's wish was?

We have successfully been taking advantage of twice so far, but we have learned our lesson. While at the Colleseum these two men dressed up at ancient Romans came up to Jake and I and offered to let us take a picture with them. We thought, awesome this will make a good shot. But once we had each gotten our pictures taken the guy told Jake that he owed him 10€, we sure hope this pictures turn out well. And Jake did get to hold the guys sword.

The other incident was on the spnaish steps were a guy put a rose into my hand, this dudes on the street are uber aggressive. And then he tried to force Jake into paying for the rose, I returned the rose and then he insisted on giving me a petal which cost Jake some money as well. We now have learned that we need to be aggressive in order to not get hassled.

The weather has been amazing, but that is probably because we are used to the brisk Canadian climate. It s kind of funny, that we are in long sleeve shirts and the locals are all bundled up.

We are off to the Vatican tomorrow and then from there it is to Pisa and then Florence. We will keep you posted as we go and would love to hear from you as well.

Take Care,

Jake and Rana

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We are in Rome