So I went back to Rome this past weekend (I know very short turn around from the last time I was there) but I went this time to go visit my friend Felipe. Felipe was one of my good friends during my senior year of high school and he lives in Brazil. I hadn't seen him since we graduated high school and we just happened to be in Italy around the same time so before he left for Brazil, a reunion was absolutely necessary. My friend Amy came with me and we had a great time. We just explored Rome again, only this time we didn't have to do it with 150 other kids, we could just do what we wanted to do. We also did a Vespa tour on Sunday, our last day in Rome. The vespa tour was amazing! Of course we did not drive the vespas ourselves (we would have definitely crashed and I probably wouldn't be typing this blog post with both my arms haha) but instead we had two vespa drivers and we got to ride on the back. Our guides/drivers, Michele (Mee-kelay) and Mimo (Meemo) were awesome and so funny. They showed us another side of Rome between the tiny alleyways and some true Roman history. We also got to visit some of the seven hills that Rome was built on, we walked on the oldest street in Rome (the original stones from the first century where chariot marks were still engraved in the stones!!!), and massive ancient Roman bathhouse, and Circus Maximus (a huge open space for an ancient amphitheater for chariot races - back in the day it held 200,000 people!) this place was HUGE! We also got to see the grave of John Keats, and several great vantage points of overlooking all of Rome. Overall an amazing weekend in the eternal city and I can't wait to show you guys all that we saw! Also feel free to add me on Facebook or Instagram as there are a lot more pictures on there than probably here on this blog! Alright hope all is well back home! Ciao for now!
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