Travel Day - Siena to Rome

Last train day! We got up, packed up, had our free breakfast, figured out the bus route, got to the train station and got on the train. Exciting morning right? Well I wish I had taken a picture of our train because it was only one car long! I guess not too many people are heading to Chiusi, Italy?

We had an hour and a half layover in this little town that luckily overlapped with lunch.

We grabbed sandwiches at a little family run cafe. One of my biggest pet peeves about Italy is when they heat up sandwiches they heat up with lettuce too! So my lettuce gets all warm and gross... Luckily they made it up by have the cheapest gelato yet.

We got on our second train, but it should have been called an oven. We were all just dripping sweat while sitting still. Paige put it perfectly, "I feel like we're being cooked." Luckily my mind was playing the Lizzy Migure movie over in my head! We managed to find our hostel using poorly translated directions and Paige's map. The hostel was great and we all took advantage of our private bathroom with a raised shower! It was early evening when we ventured out to our first sight, the Trevi Fountain. 

It was pretty exciting to come around the corner and see this famous fountain. It felt a little like it was out of a movie... The Lizzy Migure movie in my case. I made my wish!

(And it wasn't to get a haircut, but I am getting one in 3 days.) Our next destination was Piazza di Popolo. We walked down the big shopping street, Via  del Corso in order to get there. I had one thing I was willing to spend money on, a maxi skirt. I have a maxi dress I love and I've wanted a skirt for a while, not to mention I need to be appropriately dressed for the Vatican! Well we passed and Zara and Paige I sprinted in! I found a great skirt that I'm super excited about! We all all of a sudden became pretty ravenous and went on the hunt of a baked pasta place my book recommended... Unfortunately it turned out it was closed and not closed on Sundays but closed closed. Luckily we walked by a cute place on the same street and popped in their. It had such cute plates. 

We started with the mixed bruschetta: tomato, white bean, liver, and prosciutto.

I ordered the spaghetti carbonaro. It was nice and peppery just the way I like it! And the bacon pieces were huge!! 

I wasn't feeling like dessert, but Magdalena was and decided to order something without hearing the Italian translation. We all thought it sounded like a fruit tart and she asked the waiter "is it good?" And he looked a little confused as he said yes. Well that's because it was actually just a fancy fruit salad.

We all burst out laughing and the waiter looked confused again. Magdalena kept saying "I want cake." But I sure enjoyed helping her finish her huge plate of fruit! After dinner we walked through Piazza di Popolo.

Then on to the Spanish steps, which were packed at night.

I also really like the ship fountain that was right in front of it.

It was a great first night in Roma!