Day 19 - Hostel Roma Inn 2000

Piazza Navona

St. Peter's Basilica

Trevi Fountain

This morning we were up at 7:30 so we could change over to the other hostel before starting our day. We dumped our stuff and went to the market around the corner from Hostel Roma Inn 2000. I bought a super-cool floor length summer dress. Then we started going through the walking tour from last night to take better pictures. We also stopped at the Cimitero dei Cappucine, which I mentioned yesterday. So the story is that they were somewhere else, and when they moved to the current location they couldn’t leave their dead behind, so they took them with them. They were too lazy to rebury them so they decorated the basement with the bones (which sounds like way more work, if you ask me). There are whole chandeliers, wall and ceiling patterns, even full skeletons in their clothes. It was intensely creepy and morbid, but kind of interesting, except in the last room, where they had some skeletons set up with a multilingual plaque that read, “What you are, we once were. What we are, you will be.” That was kind of really creepy. Dom said it made her think of a serial killer. Like Gormagon, from Bones! We of course then had to talk about all our favourite Bones episodes! When we left there, we continued the tour with a brief shopping break. I bought a light sweater and these crazy long pants which Maryn will love! Then we went to the Vatican. We didn’t wait in line too long; it actually went very quickly. So we looked around Saint Peter’s Basilica and took lots of pictures. Then Dom needed to go in the gift shop and she bought these two bracelets as gifts for people. Then we went back to finish the tour finally. On the way we stopped at the best Gelato place in Rome. And it was delicious, just like in Vienna. Haha, mmm... We also each bought a new bag, I think we’re going to need them. Plus, they are really cool and were only 20 euros each. We were going to have pasta at the hostel for 3 euros, but they only make it if 3 or more want some. The guy told us about Pasta Ritos around the corner. He said they made huge plates of pasta for 6 or 7 euros. And he didn’t lie or exaggerate. Right around the corner, this place was delicious! One order would’ve been enough for three of me! I ate way too much, it was so good! Dom and I might go back tomorrow night and share one order. In our room, there was two other girls and three guys. The hostel is pretty great. It’s really just this couple’s apartment. I kinda like it.