In between classes and getting familiar with the city, I’ve found special things in the middle of it all. One specific place so far is a charm bar I found! Getting a charm bracelet in London made me want to make another, but this time representing my time in Rome. Walking through the streets on a finally warm and sunny day, we make it to Paolina, a little charm bar by the Colosseum. The shop itself was very tiny and held only a few people at a time, to which we had to wait a little to get into the store. However, after making our way finally to the charms, we were ecstatic to see all the wonderful, little, cute charms they had! While my friend picked out charms she liked, I made mine Italy themed, including charms such as the Colosseum, ‘Ciao Bella,’ the Italy flag, and a little ‘bowtie’ pasta shape! After creating such cute charm bracelets, we decided to explore the city more and find other places to go.

Nicole, who is chronically on TikTok, always finds new and fun places to try in Rome and this week’s victim was Limoné; a gelato store that sells different lemon gelato in lemons. The perfect Pinterest gelato that we had to try. As a girl who loves normal lemon gelato (and basically gets it every-time) I knew I would love this place. 11/10! So insanely good. We made some vlogs for our abroad channels and enjoyed the gelato at the Trevi Fountain while watching people walk by. It was the perfect little day out!

Not only did that weekend hold fun little adventures, which included another trip to the Vatican (every last Sunday of the month its free to go inside), but the weekday also held fun adventures in the manifestation of my history course!

My history course about ancient Rome and Pompeii is an on-site course which allows me to know the deep history of Rome, as well as see it for myself. Seeing the buildings of the past in places such as the Roman Forum is phenomenal to see, learn about, and imagine what it could have been like in its time. To learn about the city while living in it creates a new understanding and reality of the history of the world, and where you fit into it. These huge monuments that withstood time, weather, and forces, are just amazing to learn about and imagine. While Rome is beautiful in the daylight, it also holds a different kind of magic in the night.

Seeing Rome in the night is a completely different experience. While the nightlife is what you might think about first, I’m talking about the serenity that comes over the monuments and the city at night. While the crowds are gone, the statues and temples are still there standing strong and standing bright against the darkness of the night. I was completely captured by the beauty of this architecture when I stumbled across both the Trevi fountain and the Pantheon after dinner one night. It’s difficult to explain just how surreal it is to live in that moment and also realize that your new “walk home” takes you past some of the most famous monuments in the world. I am actively living in a city that many people dream to visit, and for that I am forever grateful. To see Rome in all of its beauty in both day and night will forever ingrain itself in my memory.

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