Last night Natalia, Jessica, and three girls we met at our hostel (Vanessa, Spencer, and Lindsay) all headed to the Spanish Steps to meet up with the pub crawl. The pub crawl was relatively expensive, but it gave us free drinks at three bars, entrance to a discoteque, and a t-shirt, so it really was a good deal. There were also about 120 people who had signed up, so we got to meet people from all around the world, which was a lot of fun in itself! We ended up having a great time and Natalia's friends from UGA were hilarious and a lot of fun to hang out with. Initially we planned to come home relatively early, but we ended up getting to the hostel around 4 AM, so obviously we had a pretty slow start this morning.

Even with only a few hours of sleep we somehow managed to get ready and out the door by 10:30 AM. Natalia, Jessica, and I immediately hopped on the Metro and headed to the Vatican City, grabbing a quick bite to eat on the way. When we got to the Vatican our first stop was the Basilica di San Pietro. It was a bit of a struggle to get in the church because the guards said Natalia's skirt was too short, but we used our few resources to make it work, thankfully. When we finally got inside the basilica we all were in awe; it was by far the most beautiful church I have ever seen in my life. The church was HUGE and there were so many statues and paintings we could have spent days in there.

After leaving the church and exploring more of the Vatican City we headed to the Vatican Museum down the road. The main thing we were interested in seeing was the Sistine Chapel, but of course we had to travel the entire length of the museum to get to the main attraction. We were very exhausted at this point, but when we finally made it it was worth the wait. The chapel was absolutely beautiful and every inch was covered in amazing paintings. It's incredible to think that Michelangelo painted the entire thing lying down! It was great.

When we finished at the chapel we ate and talked for a bit at a small cafe by the Vatican. We also got to see an army parade on the street during lunch, which was so cool!

We'e back at the hostel now and about to go find some dinner. Tonight we have relatively low key plans, which I'm excited about considering last night was so crazy. We've met a bunch of really great people at our hostel and we're all planning on heading to the Trevi fountain with some bottles of wine and spend the night there, just talking and enjoying the scenery. Natalia leaves at 7 AM to meet up with her friend Meryl tomorrow, but I think Jessica and I are going to spend the day exploring with some of our new friends from the hostel. Everything is great here... I can't believe I'll be home in a week. It's definitely a bittersweet feeling.