July 13
its obsurdly hot in rome. from the moment we got out of the metro to go to our hostel we were sweating from the heat. its been at least almost 100 degrees every day or 100. The first hour of it was miserable because we found out we had to pay for our hostel with cash. we had to search for over an hour for an atm machine.
winnie says rome is dirty, which ya it kind of is, but i think it still is quite unique. its by far one of my favorite places ive ever been to. everything here is more relaxed, and in general is missing that noisyness we had in london and paris and even from back home. Theres plazas and fountains everywhere and people just around in every part of the day. <

yesterday we went to vatican city. in one sense it does not mean the same to me as it does many people who go to visit it. but its one of the most interesting collection of people from all through out the world. you have to cover your shoulders when you go in and many women were stopped and couldnàt go in. while there we went to the sistine chapel and vatican museums. the artwork on the walls and ceiling were some of the best artwork i think iàve ev er seen. i saw an orgional piece of art by rapheal and the famous painting of his self portrait into his painting. i learned about it in art class and it wa s really cool to see it in person. i also saw the very famous masterpiece by michaelangelo, i dont really know if i could put it into words because it was so grand. it puts me in awe and wonder how he had the ability to do that at the time.

thats about it. loving italy and cant wait till have the ability to travel more and come back here to see more. i actually wish i could see more places