rome

So we got to Rome at night and checked into our hostel. We ate at their cafeteria, which actually had surprisingly good and cheap Italian food. Later that night I tried to charge my phone in an outlet in the hallway that I'd seen other people using earlier. When I plugged my phone charger in, all the lights and vending machines upstairs exept the emergency lights turned off. oops. I quickly detached my charger and hid it in my room then went downstairs and told them about the lights being out (omitting the part where it's my fault) and after about an hour they replaced the fuse or something and the lights turned back on.
The next day was a long one filled with sightseeing, as it was our only full day in Rome. First we took a tour of the Vatican. We saw:
1. the Vatican museum- this is the ceiling (it's stucco) in the hall that leads towards the sistine chapel
2. sistine chapel- we weren't technically supposed to take pictures of the sistine chapel, but everyone else was doing it, so I figured it was ok
3. st. peter's basilica
- much more impressive in person. I've realized it's hard to take good pictures inside any kind of church/cathedral/basilica. Sarah and I crossed ourselves with pope holy water on the way out.

After the vatican, we took the metro to the Coloseum.
- we bought tickets at Palatine hill for the Coloseum to avoid the line. We saw lots of ruins including the forum:
After that we wandered around looking for somewhere to eat. We couldn't find anywhere until several blocks after this very impressive building (Not quite sure what it is):
Later we found canoli at a pastery shop and it was really good! then we took the metro and bus back to our hostel. Next morning we went to the airport and went to Madrid.