Girls just wanna have fun!: Back in Business

I finally have a computer now. WooHoo!

My very first laptop, with which I'm very much in love.

I'm gonna try to post about once a day. I have a lot of things to catch up on but my Internet is patchy at best so when I have a good connection I'll post something.

So lets start where we left off. I believe we were in Rome. What a fantastic trip that was. It was a great way to get our feet wet in Europe. We were there for about 9 days and had a great time walking the city and seeing the sights. There was plenty to see, but I'm content knowing that
I've seen everything that I wanted to see in Rome.

Obviously we took a ton of pictures and would love to show them all, but since that's not possible on a blog, I'll run through the highlights of our trip and show you a glimpse of what we saw.

Here was our home in Rome for 9 days, The Hotel Bolivar. We couldn't have asked to be placed in a better location. This cute little place was right in the heart of downtown Rome. We were able to walk to every part of the city from our hotel. We could have taken the bus but not wanting to miss out on the day-to-day part of the Roman life, we walked everywhere.

I really wish I would have taken some pics of our room because it was unlike any American hotel I've ever seen. It was TINY! At first it was cute and made us feel SO European. By about day 5 it wasn't so cute, it was cramped, claustrophobic and uncomfortable! At any rate we did really well for living out of a closet sized room for that long. There is no way to spend time "together" like staying in close quarters like that.

And yes, we enjoyed every minute together. :)

On the first day we walked to the Colosseum. It was a big ticket item for us so was rightfully the first thing we wanted to see.

While it was truly awesome to be there and try to imagine it in action, it was exactly what it looks like in all of the photos and movies. Its definitely an engineering marvel though. Its so hard to imagine how all of these great things were built back then and have been strong enough to last through the centuries.

This is Palatine hill. It sits just above the Roman forum and next to the Colosseum. Another gathering place for political and social life, it also was the home of Cesar Augustus.

We definitely used our opportunity to enjoy our time in such a romantic setting. Its a rare occasion when we get to be alone, but like all parents we desperately need that connection. Being in a foreign country we were put in a lot of potentially very stressful situations, but we compliment each other so well that everything just seemed to work. Lord knows I would have been completely lost without his sense of direction and I could understand the people and their broken English much better than he did. So, we did amazingly well.

These are just a couple of my favorite pictures. These little golden photo ops were everywhere

This is the view from looking down at a part of the Roman Forum. I can't express how overwhelmingly big everything is.

The Pantheon

The Pantheon was originally used as a temple to worship all of the Roman gods but is now a basilica or Roman Catholic church. Its known for its dome that is used in so much artwork and engineering.

The Trevi Fountain

My favorite hot spot in Rome. Tossing a coin into the Trevi fountain is supposed to give you good luck and a return trip to Rome. By far the HOTTEST sculpture in Rome. I certainly didn't mind walking by this statue a few times.

This one of my favorite pictures of Taylor. He was so patient with me, he let me wander and look around until my little heart was content.

This was a very common car in Rome. These little smart cars were the way to go in a city where parking is next to impossible. The streets are all tiny cobblestone alleys. If you didn't have a smart car, you'd better have a scooter.