While in Rome, Brittany had been staying in contact with our Aussie friend, Hamish, who we had met back in Dublin. (Now in previous posts, we may have said his name was Hamlet or something of the like, but his real name actually is Hamish). He was in London and being the awesome person he is, he decided to fly to Rome for a couple of days to hang out with us before he headed back home.
It was absolutely great! Although we had only hung out with him in Ireland for a few days, it was nice to see a familiar face again. At this point too, both of us were pretty exhausted and sick, not knowing what exactly to do in Rome anymore, so Hamish was able to help us out (not to mention he is a great photographer).
We walked everywhere. First we had an Italian breakfast- which is a cappuccino (it is very small compared to Starbuck's sizes) and a croissant. Then we went and saw the magnificent Vatican, all the grandiose statues inside, and the castle near by. Then we ate some more pizza and pasta. (We probably will never get tired of Italian food). After sitting and talking at the cafe for a couple of hours and our waiter bringing us free mochas (we have realized that if you stay at a place for long enough, they start bringing you free stuff... not sure if they just feel bad for us or they actually are just being kind, but either we take it gratefully), we went and saw the famous four river statue and walked around the small Christmas market.
Sadly, it was really beginning to rain and although Hamish had other ideas of places we could go, at this point we were just cold and wanted to go back to the hostel and watch a movie. However, on our walk back to the hostel, we took the most random pictures ever. It was hilarious and although everyone around us were probably staring and thinking how stupid we looked, we didn't have a care in the world (Well Hamish may have, but he looked stupid with us anyways). We ended up cuddling up under the covers and watching Angels and Demons since most of it is filmed right in Rome and it seemed appropriate.
Half way through the movie, we had to take a break and go out and meet Hamish's friend Franny, who is Australian as well but is in Italy studying Italian. She was supper sweet and we ended up eating delicious gelato and going to a bar where we met many of her fellow classmates who were from around the world.
It was a successful day and we were glad that Hamish was able to come to Rome and meet up with us. We are thinking the next place we should meet him is in Australia ;)
It was absolutely great! Although we had only hung out with him in Ireland for a few days, it was nice to see a familiar face again. At this point too, both of us were pretty exhausted and sick, not knowing what exactly to do in Rome anymore, so Hamish was able to help us out (not to mention he is a great photographer).
We walked everywhere. First we had an Italian breakfast- which is a cappuccino (it is very small compared to Starbuck's sizes) and a croissant. Then we went and saw the magnificent Vatican, all the grandiose statues inside, and the castle near by. Then we ate some more pizza and pasta. (We probably will never get tired of Italian food). After sitting and talking at the cafe for a couple of hours and our waiter bringing us free mochas (we have realized that if you stay at a place for long enough, they start bringing you free stuff... not sure if they just feel bad for us or they actually are just being kind, but either we take it gratefully), we went and saw the famous four river statue and walked around the small Christmas market.
Sadly, it was really beginning to rain and although Hamish had other ideas of places we could go, at this point we were just cold and wanted to go back to the hostel and watch a movie. However, on our walk back to the hostel, we took the most random pictures ever. It was hilarious and although everyone around us were probably staring and thinking how stupid we looked, we didn't have a care in the world (Well Hamish may have, but he looked stupid with us anyways). We ended up cuddling up under the covers and watching Angels and Demons since most of it is filmed right in Rome and it seemed appropriate.
Half way through the movie, we had to take a break and go out and meet Hamish's friend Franny, who is Australian as well but is in Italy studying Italian. She was supper sweet and we ended up eating delicious gelato and going to a bar where we met many of her fellow classmates who were from around the world.
It was a successful day and we were glad that Hamish was able to come to Rome and meet up with us. We are thinking the next place we should meet him is in Australia ;)
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