This weekend in Rome was very relaxed. I was originally supposed to go with Caroline, but she got sick. So I decided to go on my own and explore the city at my own pace. I obviously saw the Collosseum. That was the thing I wanted to see the most. I spent several hours in that area just looking at the ruins and walking around. I walked the entire city in the two days that I spent in Rome. The Trevi Fountain was something that I'd seen in so many movies that experiencing that in real life was awesome.
On the last day that I was in the Roma area, I went to the Vaticano. I saw everything in the day that I devoted to it, including the Sistine Chapel and walking to the top of St. Peter's Basilica. Although I didn't always know what I was looking at (Caroline always kept me informed as she is the art history major), I had a blast. I have never felt more independent than this weekend that I spent alone abroad. I think that everyone who studies abroad should take one trip on their own and spend some time getting lost and finding themselves.
Rome and the Vatican City were really the same place to me. They appeared on the same maps that you could buy, everyone spoke Italian, and there were no crazy boundaries barring you from the enclave country.
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