Rome Day 8 and 9

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We started off the day at the National Museum. That was pretty much a big yawn, but my mommy likes museums. We made a deal that if we went to the museum, she would go see the Capuchin Crypt with us.

Can you spot the hidden Mickey? Obviously they’re not supposed to be hidden Mickeys, but this gives you a glimpse into the way my brain works.

After the museum, we went back to the train station to get some chocolate. They have a Perugina store there and Bryan really likes that brand. When we left, there were many more people protesting. There were people with big communist banner and other people with drops of water painted on their face. My mom asked the water people what they were protesting. They said they didn’t want the government controlling the water. Obviously they weren’t with the communists. This was all way before any cars were set on fire. Not sure where that happened.

We stopped at another store on the way back to the hotel and got some souvenirs for peoples. I saw a pair of earrings I liked, but they were pretty expensive, and I didn’t think I liked them that much. I went back later and bought them for the sake of buying something for myself. I really wanted to bring back some clothes, but they were all so expensive. The stuff I really liked were around 300 euros. I tried on a few dresses and a shirt but they didn’t look right on me at all. I think women in Rome are skinnier and taller than I am. The XS was really extra small.

I noticed there were a lot of owls. Besides those earrings I bought, I saw them on clothes all over the place. Anyone know what’s up with the owls?

After dropping stuff off at the hotel, we headed to the Capuchin Crypt. Artistically arranged bones. They’re supper against pictures in there, hence no photos to show. We shared some eh, quality pizza after and then, more shopping.

Dinner was interesting. I made reservations at this place that I thought was Il Quadrifoglio. When we got there, there was no Il Quadrifoglio, it was a different restaurant and apparently I had reservations there, so we ate there anyway.

Turns out the food was delicious :) My mom and I shared two seafood pastas and this salad with avocado, peach, oranges, greens, and actual salad dressing. First time on the trip we were served dressing. It was very yummy. Oh and dessert. Our waiter told my mom she had to try the chef’s dessert. “The best tiramisu of your life!” What we made at the cooking class was better, but it was still pretty good. I really enjoyed my panna cotta.

We woke up at 5:30 Sunday morning. My dad called the shuttle company the day before and they said they would be at the hotel at 7. We went downstairs at 6:30, because we’re always early. 7 rolled around and no shuttle. The guy at the front desk called them for us and they said they would come at 7:15. 7:15, still no shuttle. He finally showed around 7:20. We got to the airport around 8:15 and he dropped us off at a terminal that didn’t say Continental with no other instructions on how to find Continental. Our flight was for 9:50. We were a little pissed.

We found out we had to take a shuttle to the other terminal where Continental was. We checked in our bags, went through security and then took another shuttle to our gate. It was 9:15 by the time we got there, our flight was supposed to start boarding at 9:05. We looked out the window and there wasn’t a plane by our gate, there was a bus. They bussed us to our plane.

I actually slept a lot. I couldn’t keep my eyes open. When I woke up, there was still five hours left of the flight. They served us two meals. The second came with potato chips. I don’t like potato chips, but I ate them because I was hungry. This turned out to be a mistake. An hour later, we had a pretty rough landing, that combined with the dehydration and the potato chips caused me to use the barf bag. At least it didn’t happen until the very end of our vacation.

Buffy was a little under enthused to see us. She was like, oh hai guys, what’s up? But whatever. She was pretty upset when we left to have dinner though.

By the time I got back to my house, I was sooooo tired. Hugged Bryan for a while and we chatted about what we did over the last week. I went upstairs to put on something warmer and I ended up climbing in bed and falling asleep. That was around 8:30. I woke up this morning at 6 :D I was glad I was able to sleep that late. That’s pretty good for me.

I said I’d take a half day today, so I’ll go into work this afternoon and sort though my hundreds of emails. Sooooo not looking forward to that. At least I get to see my friends :)

Overall, A+ trip. I’d go back again, but I’d prefer to check out another city in Europe. Probably Paris. You know, where I can go and shop for hours and hours and also not buy anything.