In Rome we spent our time traversing the city trying to hit all the best sites. First we made it to the Colosseum.
Here is Hillary outside the Parthenon with the guys who take pictures with all the tourists. We didn't actually know they charged for the pictures until they demanded ten euros from us after we had already taken the pictures. Yes, we did fall into the category of dumb tourists here. 
Trevi Fountain
The Spanish Steps. We sat at this fountain for awhile resting our feet, and were so intrigued by all the people who drank the water from the the fountain while also putting their own feet into the water and watching the many pigeons bathe in the fountain water. We asked someone if the water was safe to drink and he informed us that in fact it was, so we figured they must have some cleaning system? Hopefully at least. We braved it enough to fill a water bottle with the water and try it ourselves, and it was in fact very good water. We're still not positive how the water is clean enough to drink, but at this point maybe it's better not knowing.
We made it into the Vatican City on the last day and the Sistine Chapel where I snuck a picture of the ceiling. 
In Florence we saw lots of art. These statues weren't the originals, those are kept in the museums, but we did make it into the main museums and saw some really impressive things.
We also climbed to the top of the Dumo Chapel and got some truly gorgeous views of Florence.
Florence was a really neat city, Hillary would probably say it was her favorite place. We walked around a lot and became very comfortable with it. The city isn't too big, so we were able to really get to know the place and had a lot of great interaction with the locals. It's just big enough to offer lots of great things to see, but just small enough to be manageable.
Overall we had an amazing trip. We saw so many great things and loved visiting all the different places. It flew by and now that we're into school it seems forever ago, but it gave us some great memories that we'll never forget.
The Spanish Steps. We sat at this fountain for awhile resting our feet, and were so intrigued by all the people who drank the water from the the fountain while also putting their own feet into the water and watching the many pigeons bathe in the fountain water. We asked someone if the water was safe to drink and he informed us that in fact it was, so we figured they must have some cleaning system? Hopefully at least. We braved it enough to fill a water bottle with the water and try it ourselves, and it was in fact very good water. We're still not positive how the water is clean enough to drink, but at this point maybe it's better not knowing.
We made it into the Vatican City on the last day and the Sistine Chapel where I snuck a picture of the ceiling. In Florence we saw lots of art. These statues weren't the originals, those are kept in the museums, but we did make it into the main museums and saw some really impressive things.
We also climbed to the top of the Dumo Chapel and got some truly gorgeous views of Florence.
Florence was a really neat city, Hillary would probably say it was her favorite place. We walked around a lot and became very comfortable with it. The city isn't too big, so we were able to really get to know the place and had a lot of great interaction with the locals. It's just big enough to offer lots of great things to see, but just small enough to be manageable.
Overall we had an amazing trip. We saw so many great things and loved visiting all the different places. It flew by and now that we're into school it seems forever ago, but it gave us some great memories that we'll never forget.
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That's really nice that the city was small enough for you to get comfortable in knowing your way around and such. Interacting/observing the locals is always a lot of fun. The summer definitely feels like it was years ago. Oh the junior core...
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