ROME. I was like a kid at Christmas the second we arrived. I was so excited!

We stayed at the Hotel Positano. It was a great hostel to stay at, especially when you’re on a tight budget. But when on HostelWorld, don’t be fooled when they say they have internet. They don’t. The nice thing about Rome is that when you don’t want to pay the extra money for a hotel right in the middle of everything, they have an area that’s pretty much ALL hotels and hostels…so even when you’re not paying a lot, you can at least know that you’re still in a safe part of the city.

Since we arrived in Rome in the evening, we found a nearby pizza place and headed to our Hostel for the night and eventually fell asleep. Then, at 3:43 am, we all awoke to our beds shaking violently and our phones falling off the table. “What’s going on?!’ we were all saying…turns out we were in the middle of the now famous Italian Earthquake of 2009. Now there is an Epic Eurotrip adventure right there!

What I love most about Italy are the people. Everyone is so happy and so nice. And the guys are stupidly gorgeous to look at. Take my advice, if ever you are going through a terrible break-up or divorce…go to Italy. Your self-esteem will be flying through the roof by the time you get back! The guys are always complimenting the girls and calling them Bella. Who wouldn’t love this place?!

Finally, the rain didn’t follow us and we basked in the sun for the rest of our trip (and got some good suntans…or burns.)

We decided to gather up our money and do the Hop On Hop Off bus tour around Rome. It was a great investment and we saw sooo much. When I caught the first glimpse of the Colosseum was when it finally hit me that I was seeing the world.

Unfortunately, it was Easter Weekend…so the place was packed. We met up with a friend who was studying there and she said she had never seen it this busy before. I guess we just had some really bad timing with visiting…oh well, it was totally worth it!

Right by the Piazza del Popolo there is an area with a ton of stairs. Climb them and look out across all of Rome. It’s amazing. If you keep walking it’ll take you to the Spanish Steps as well. It was one of my most favorite places.