Nice, Florence, and Rome

Barcelona was relaxing, our first night we went club hopping along the beach...didnt really do that much during the day...slept in, went to the beach, shopped for flip flops and slept some more. I went to a Flamenco show, it was good but went on a bit too long because I was so tired.

I cant even start to tell everyone how beautiful it is here! I went to Monte Carlo and Monaco for dinner! The night before in Nice we went to a local pub called Waynes Bar.. it was absolutely insane and packed in there... we had a section of the bar reserved just for our tour and we ended up having party crashers because our party was so awesome... It really got insane when the live band came on and everyone ended up dancing on tables (including me) with glasses falling everywhere... It was sooooo much fun! Monaco was absolutely beautiful! I wish I could afford to live there.. the application to become a citizen is 1 million dollars and that doesn't even guarantee that the Prince of Monaco will choose you to become a citizen.. the Monte Carlo casino is a bit overrated.. I didn't even bother to go inside but the people from my group that went weren't that thrilled about spending 10 euro for entrance to lose money I had a nice walk and a few drinks with some of my tour mates spending my 10 euro on something a bit better hehehe

The next day we headed out to Florence and got there in the evening... Some of us decided to go out to a bar near by to do some Karioke.. it was fun for a little while but it got packed with the other contiki tour and I wasn't up to party that much. I ended up finding my roomate and we went to eat gelati and pizza around the corner! My mango gelati was soooo good! At around 11:30 the bus picked us up to head back to the hotel and we ended up dancing on the bus doing the macarena..it was silly but everyone had a blast!

The next day in Florence we took a guided tour around the sites... We were in Florence on a Monday so all the major museums and some of the sites were closed for maintenence. I still got to see alot though, the Duomo and the piazza, and ate more Gelati. My roomate ended up going to like 5 different gelati stores in a span of one hour.. I was in shock at how much she ate, considering she is so tiny! We had a nice lunch at a place called Paoli that was in both our guidebooks...it was a great place, our waiter was so nice, He was like ...for you bella, I would do anything! ... it was soo cute! We then went back to the hotel to freshen up for our dinner and group photo.. The entertainment at dinner was fabulous! Everyone had sooo much fun dancing incuding me... we did the macarena and chicken dance too... it was hilarious... I had fun slow dancing too (sorry guys, no boyfriend here, he's married :P) On the bus to the The Space Electronic club is where the party officially began..I dont know how many drinks the people in the back had, because they were partying it up back there.. there were people dancing and (the guys) shirts were flying off... It was a great time, probably one of the best nights so far! I didn't go to the club because I was a little sick but I am sure there will be many more fantastic nights like that

On our way to Rome I saw the Leaning Tower of Pisa, it wasn't as big as I expected it to be but still good. Last night, We took a little tour when we got in and got to see Piazza Navona, Spanish Steps, the Trevi Fountain, and the Pantheon and also had some dinner. This morning we went to Vatican City and since we were here on a wednesday we had hoped to see the Pope conduct mass but he went Skiing in the Swiss Alps (so we heard)... I can imagine why cuz its sooooo FREAKING HOOTTTTT over here! We were a little dissapointed but Rome has so much to see! The Vatican is nice, but by far my most favorite place was the Sistine Chapel with Michealangeos frescos.. OMG.. is all I can say because I was sooo speechless. I even saw where Pope John Paul II is buried down in the grottoes.. when I left the Vatican , I remember from the news coverage that the exit I walked out of was the same path that the Late Pope was carried out of towards the Cathedral... it was preety surreal to be standing there and realizing how many people were packed into that square. After the Vatican we went to see the Colloseum and Palentine.. I took pics from the outside it was preety magnificent by it self.. the line was too long to get inside so I didn't want to bother standing out in the hot sun, walked a little bit around the colloseum and now I am back at the hotel. There's not much else to do right now, I'm not that big of a shopper so just going to relax now for a bit before dinner. Caio!