Europe....here I come

WOW, is all I can say. I haven't even seen much of this city yet and I am blown away. I mean, my hostel's crap (and I thought the Venice one was sketchy, lol. I didn't even know) but it's within walking distance of the Coliseum, so I was very productive in my late afternoon today and got that accomplished. Really glad I did too, b/c the late afternoon light on the ruins was phenomenal.

Although I will say that, again, this stuff is smaller than I was expecting! The Coliseum arena was like.....not big enough to accomplish much, that's all I'm saying. But it's purty. I just can't figure out where everyone was supposed to be sitting. Later I walked down to the Vittoriano - now THAT was massive. Wish I knew what it was. Oh well, there's a project for tonight: figuring out what you just saw that day, haha. I need to pick up a Rome tourist book in the morning so I have a reference.

Speaking of tomorrow, it's going to be St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican, all that good stuff. I had to buy a shawl b/c apparently women are required to cover their shoulders. Good to know...also, does anyone have a clue where a girl can buy a new memory card around here? I've been a wee bit prolific with the photo taking....