When in Rome....Eat, Pray, Love

 Traveling is probably the most exhausting thing ever...we took a taxi to a train to a bus to a plane to a taxi to the hotel....all for Rome...but it was worth every bit of it.

Meghan and Jackie boarding the plane 

Elaine and I

our super homey hotel...we've been having some awesome luck with European hotels lol

Meghan!

 Fontana di Trevi

Make a wish!!!

So much to see...

This is the gladiator that went off on us...that's another story lol.  

The Colosseum 

The girl with the big hat...it was so hot

We had a very informative tour guide.  Learned so much.  

Our first (and definitely not last) gelato...amazing!

The water in Italy is so clean and cold...here's Oscar having a drink

Palatino Ruins

Taking in all the sun...

Elaine decided to take the picture before I was ready.  This was my face in reaction to the ice cold water I just stuck my hands in lol

The grave of Julius Caesar

Now on to a night to remember....

The infamous Spanish Steps...Elaine had the hardest time walking down them in heels...

The argument between Daniella and Elaine all night-

Elaine: My feet hurt!

Daniella: I told you not to wear those shoes!

Elaine: Daniella!!! Shut up!!!

Daniella:  You shut up!!!

It was pure comedy...they had the same argument like six times!!!

Me, Renee, Elaine

Jackie and I

Our sweet Brazilian buddies....

Meghan turning heads...

Jackie looking gorgeous!!!

He was such a cutie...

On a more serious note...The Vatican

Sooo...I kind of had to sneak into the Vatican.  Terrible, I know.  But I misplaced my ticket...so I couldn't swipe it to get in.  I didn't want to make a big fuss about it (plus my group was leaving me), so I just walked in through the handicap entrance =/ luckily, I did not get caught

 Some girl's legs, things are so different around the world lol

Learning about the Sistine Chapel before going in...

I think I want a hall in my future house to look like this...gorgeous

The Sistine Chapel

Outside of the Vatican...I learned that the Vatican is considered a totally different state.  It is not Italy.

St. Peter's Basilica

The Pope...

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 Daniella and the Swiss Guards 

Ferrari's everywhere...

EAT:  Out at a fabulous Italian restaurant...

Yeah, we are in Italy.  Oscar got them to play the Godfather as he danced and did the "Bernie" 

PRAY:  Sunday morning...we saw the Pope...from far away of course 

We had the most unintelligent conversation about this window before the Pope came out...turns out that's where the Pope made his greetings lol

Greetings from his studio

The Pope...I tried to catch the part in English but I wasn't fast enough

More gelato...

Daniella was our personal GPS

Eating again...at probably the most awesome Italian restaurant - soooo goood 

Christa---this bruschetta shot was for you...it was amazing 

The cooks were so sweet

Love....

He proposed to me

And then we fought...

The Spanish Steps at night....

Our last gelato in Italy...=(

We forgot to take a group pic on the Spanish Steps...so this is us on our hotel steps lol

Eat, Pray, Love was truly our motto.

Our other motto was "Where's Elaine?" - we never knew where she was or what she was doing lol