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I will have to admit that I have been avoiding blogging about Rome.... sorry.

Our trip was moved from the 27th to the 28th due to a country-wide train strike
On January 28th we woke up brirght and early to take the bus to the train station where we took an InterCity train to the Termini in Rome. We then met with our history teacher, Marco. He led us on a tour of the forum, the area surrounding the colosseo, arc di constantino, the wedding cake and campidoglio through the Jewish ghetto where we saw the turtle fountain and the Area Sacra (which is now a sanctuary for stray cats, seriously).... we also went to the Pantheon with Marco.  After eating pizza a couple of blocks from the Pantheon, we spent our free afternoon and evening exploring much of Rome (the eastern side of the river) including piazza navona, villa medici, piazza del popolo and many other sights by foot as a group of 8 en
ding with a sunset on the Spanish Steps... We took the subway back to termini found a deal on some food and then spent the night at M&J Hostel Place....

On Sunday we went to the roman baths, the circo massimo, and we also went to an exhibit on  michelangelo, the trevi fountain, and visited St. Peter in chains.... exhausted, sore, and emotionally drained, we took a slower Regionale train back to Orvieto.

I hope you all have been keeping up with my pictures I have been uploading on facebook! It is a slow process to upload... I will try and get caught up by the time we leave for Florence on the 10th!