We have arrived safe and sound in Rome! We didn’t have too many problems getting here. We only faced one minor complication in Charles de Gaulle airport. So, we bought our eight euro metro tickets, like the good temporary “citizens” that we are. However, we got off at the wrong terminal stop, so by the time we took the metro back to the correct terminal, our tickets wouldn’t let us go through the turn-style machine. Most metro stops only have turn-styles though, so if you are without a ticket and there isn’t security in sight, one can easily jump it. However, of course, when it comes to being late for a flight, we were faced with not only a turn-style, but also closing doors surrounded by a 7 foot wall of glass. But no worries, our desperate selves, managed to shimmy our stuff over the wide expanse of glass and jump the whole wall! Very entertaining, a little nerve-racking, because of course it’s not easy to be discreet about that but we made it.
Anyways, we made it successfully. We made it to our hostel safely only after being ripped off five euros by a taxi-driver. The hostel is decent- nothing spectacular but mostly clean and sufficient. We were placed in the 6-bed dorm too so it was nice to only have a few roommates. However, our hostel does seem to be placed in the China-town section of town. Nothing wrong with that but the area over here in kinda dirty and there is dog poop pretty much every few feet. They don’t seem too clean in Rome so far.
We made it to the Colosseum, where we caught a beautiful sunset and got our first glance at ancient Rome. We also made it to San Giovanni church and Santa Maria degli Angeli church, as well as the Republica area with it’s beautiful fountain. Claire made a great find in San Giovanni- an older lady named Carol who gave us countless tips and advice about Rome. I guess we won’t need to buy any transportation while here- she claims that Rome is extremely walk-able. Our first dinner was nice too- the waiters are way nicer here than in Paris. Also a bonus!
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