Shalom

Shalom

Sorry about missing my day last week… I know you guys had an uncontainable excitement about my post and I let you down. Oh well I’ll give you a brief summary of our day at the Colloseum.

We headed over to the Colloseum from our hotel pretty early so we could tour the inside on our own before our underground and third level tour (you have to have a tour guide to see both things). After we finished looking on our own we had to wait an hour for our actual tour so we found some shade and put our feet up before the second leg of the day.

Like father like son 

just catchin' some z's 

Next we got to go underground to the “backstage” for the gladiators. This was pretty cool because there were endless tunnels and passageways that you would never know were there unless you went down. Also, you could see the waterways where they would bring in water to have naval battles in the Colloseum. The size of the structure was awe striking. How could an ancient civilization build something with such perfection without the technology and experience we have today?

from ground level

from third level

so many passageways

from the arena floor

Later that night we met up with Carissa’s friend Melissa again for dinner and there was a full moon so we walked over to the Colloseum again to take some pictures (something I never get tired of)… i'm not joking

Not too shabby

friends

Ok, now for the real post of the day…

This morning we leisurely woke up and had breakfast together. After we ate, Justin, Carissa, and my dad headed down to the beach for a final swim/sun session and my mom and I stayed back and packed and hung out. Around noon we started walking to the train station for our 12:40 train. After two train transfers we were only one short ride from the airport when an announcement came through the loudspeaker and said that our “train has been canceled, we apologize if this causes any inconvenience”… its like, you serious? Oh no, no worries at all man we’ll just walk to the airport in a country where we only know how to say “hello”, “thank you”, and “non sparkling water”… anyways, we ended up finding a couple taxis to drive us there and we hurried through our check in and security and finally we got on the plane. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles my friends…

WE ON THE TRAIN DOE

WE STILL ON THE TRAIN DOE

alright were ready to be off the train... doe

Well. Here we are… sittin’ on a plane from Italy to London. Chillin’. Writing this blog. Eating mentos. Legs are cramping. It’s kinda hot in here. Why isn’t my AC working. Dad’s eating oatmeal. They don’t have flight attendants on European flights by the way, they have “Cabin Managers”. So elegant. Carissa don’t touch my mentos. Seriously… back away from the mentos.

Ok I’ll stop rambling. I hope you enjoyed an insight into what is currently going on in my mind.

We miss you guys a lot and can’t wait to be with you guys again! (some more than others)

Kidding.

Well kinda

Hasta la Pasta!!!

Spencer… who will soon be attaining a British accent. Prepare yourselves.

Blessings

Sike!! Theres more. After our plane ride we had our personal chauffer (Alfred) drive us to our hotel. Justin tried to jump in shotgun and got in on the wrong side cause were in the UK. LOL…

After about an hour drive we arrived at our “hotel”… more like palace. Literally. The place is called Taj Hotel Resorts and Palaces. The place is absolutely nuts!! First off, we drive through the gate and there is casually a red (sexy) Ferrari sitting there. Next, we go inside to check in while my dad is doing his thing (the business) my mom, Carissa, Justin and I are escorted into the lounge for complimentary drinks (tea, wine, cocktails, etc.)… Mom got champagne but the rest of us just had water (which the waiter was shocked by cause it’s free) lol.

When our room was ready we went up and were shown around and I must say, it is quite a bit different than our previous housing arrangements. We ate at the hotel’s Bistro, which may have been our best meal so far, and went to bed.

Supposedly this is where Royalty would stay when Buckingham Palace was full… dang… I’m banking on seeing some Olympians this week.

Honey Nut Cheerio my friends

Spencer

ps. sorry theres no pictures for the last day... we weren't in the picture taking mood... except me 0:)