It is officially my 4th day here in amazing Rome, Italy. I have found, in trying to describe it to my friends and family, that Rome is one of those cities that you really have to see to believe. I have never really traveled out of the country much, so I did not know what to expect. The plane ride was long, but the airline did what they could to make it comfortable. Breaking my tailbone the day before I left was probably not the best idea, but a pillow and some good movies helped. After gathering our baggage at the airport we boarded busses to our hotel, the Hotel Palatino, right in the middle of Rome. My first impressions of Rome came from that bus ride. I was shocked by the way the Romans drove
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