What Happened To Thursday?

On Friday, my parents came to Rome and I've been spending most of my time with them, but I now need to go back and write about Thursday. After class, a group of us decided to go to the top of Rome's gigantic monument to Vittorio Emanuel II, the first King of a united italy in the mid-19th century. We are able to walk up the first tiered platforms using the stairs, but to make it all the way up to where the horse-drawn carriages are, we had to take a long elevator ride up. When on top, you can see the entirety of Rome, a spectacular site. You can see the Colosseum at the back right, the Vatican toward the front left, where I live toward the back left, and the Vila Borghese gardens toward the front right (when on top facing the front of the monument).

After this visit, we all walked around the Forum some more, and then ran away from rain clouds, quickly making back to our apartments. The rest of the day was dedicated to rest. Ahh...