Our last full day of the tour was jammed packed. Started with a Coliseum tour and a tour through the ancient ruins right beside it. After a short lunch break we headed over to the Vatican for a tour of the Vatican museum so we could see the Sistine Chapel and after got to explore St. Peter's Church. It is seriously beautiful and the huge sculptors and crazy detail really sets it apart from anything else. The Sistine Chapel, while crowed with about a million people, was so cool to see. It is HUGE and filled with great detail you could stand there for hours looking at every little part. After that we had the rest of the afternoon, however I was extremely disappointed in the Coliseum tour..I I didn't wait my whole life to get "30 mins" to enjoy it and we didn't even get access to the 3rd floor or underground!! So I had pre booked a ticket while I was already there the first time so I headed back over and got a 2nd tour of the Coliseum!
It was well worth it though because the view from the top looking down and getting to see the underground tunnels was one of coolest things I've ever seen! (And with the amount of reports and research essays I've done on the Coliseum, I knew almost as much as the guide!) ;) just kidding, but close! After we had our last group dinner together at this cool underground restaurant and each course was served with an entertaining opera show. Our last night together as a group we all hit one of the local bars and got to party together one last time. I had an amazing time on the tour, while not enough time in some places and long hours on the bus, it was fun getting to travel with complete strangers and becoming friends with everyone by the end. I meet people from all over the world, of all different ages, all coming for the same amazing experience. Today, a girl I became close with on the tour was staying at a hostel 3 blocks from mine so we went to the Church of Bones. It was a monk church and has mini rooms filled with real bones!!
That is a whole wall of human skulls!!! So creepy. We were both so tired from the tour so after we had a delicious dinner together (my last pasta meal for at least a year!) and called it a night. I'm too sad to fall asleep because when I wake up ill be headed for the airport home. I've seen some of the most interesting sites, in the most beautiful cities, with the coolest people in the world and I couldn't of thought the past 6 weeks could of been any better even I tried. I got to experience traveling with my best friend, strangers, making our own itinerary, being in a tour, experiencing life in 5 different countries, with 5 different languages (6 if you count Catalan, language of Barcelona) and I somehow managed to survive it all. 15 hours on a plane and ill be back in one of my favorite cities in the world!!! (No I'm not talking about Manteca) ;) Ciao!!!!
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