After the most perfect day in Tuscany we took a train to Rome. Our first stop was the Vatican. The Cathedral was absolutely awe-inspiring. However, I am quite glad that we missed all of the Easter craziness. The Vatican Museum was absolutely enormous! It took at least a couple hours to walk through and ended with the infamous Sistine Chapel. They didn't allow photography in the chapel and security was extremely strict about this policy; we saw two guys get escorted out of after they tried to take a picture of the ceiling. After the Vatican, Sam and I met up with my roommate Dani! I was so incredibly excited to see her and she took us on her own tour of the city. Our first stop was to her favorite gelato place (of course :) It was honestly the best gelato that I have ever had! It was huge and wonderful! She then took us on a tour of the Jewish ghetto and told us the history of the area. After dinner she took us to a nice little wine bar that had a really neat atmosphere!
The next morning we got up bright and early and Dani continued her walking tour of the city. She took us to the Spanish Steps, the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain and finally the Colosseum before she had to leave for her own trip that afternoon. It was unbelievable to see all of these places that I have read about and learned about in school and seen in movies. It was even better that I got to see and experience it all with Sam and Dani too!
Our final destination was Paris. By this time we had been traveling for so long that we were all extremely exhausted. We spent the majority of the day in the Louvre but I was honestly so exhausted I don't think that I appreciated it as much as I could have. The museum did have two Vermeer paintings which were quite neat to see! After the Louvre we walked to the Eiffel Tower, but again we were all in a zombie-like state when we got there so we took pictures and didn't even go up to the top. I think we were all ready for a good night's sleep that first night in Paris! The last day we spent in Versailles. I had been before but you never get used to the beauty of that place. The gardens are absolutely stunning and you could spend all day just wandering the grounds. That night we met up for dinner with Sam, one of my friends from Luther, who has been studying in Paris for the semester. After dinner he took us to the Sacre Coeur, a beautiful church on top of a hill that gives you a beautiful view of the city! We got to watch the Eiffel Tower light up and enjoy the Paris night landscape. It was the perfect way to end the vacation!
So that is the main points of my two week romp around Europe. As I mentioned earlier it was probably the most exhausting two weeks, but also the best two weeks of my life! Allie, Mitchell, and Sam were the best travel companions that anyone could ask for and it was an absolute blessing getting to see my Luther friends, Dani and Sam. Every place that we went was wonderful and I wouldn't change any part of the experience!
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