Roma..I came. I saw. I conquered!

haha. WOW. did i say Florence was my favorite city so far?..i think not. Its pretty cool, but its got nothing on Rome. Rome is incredible, it goes far above and beyond a persons expectations. So extravagent, detailed, and SO much history.
Our first day here we got in on a guided tour of the Colosseum, VERY interesting..then we also got in to the Roman forum ( the whole ancient city area, with all the ruins...emporors palaces, etc..) and Pallestine Hill on a guided tour. I feel like i learned enough history for a lifetime in one day, but at the same time i know it was barly the surface of anything! We also got to tour around and be in the very jail room that they kept Paul and Peter prisnor in, in Rome. You can even see their grafiti, dating way back to then..whatever time that was, i cant really remember dates, but its all there, and its all documented. It was SO cool! Only a part of the jail is left, but it is the oldest jail in Rome remaining. The place where they kept them is not a lot taller than my head, and incredibly dark and sick. But its really cool, they had documented that there was a flood while they were kept there, and the water came up through the hole in the ground, so they had no where to go and were going to drown, but then the couple roman gaurds there let them out because of the impact of their faith and Paul and Peter baptized them. Incredible, yeah, it was cool to think that they were there, and here we were standing in the same place YEARS later! Anyway...i could go on forever, but i wont..We also got into the Sistine Chapel today. VERY cool...absolutely insane. You just have to be there to fully get the appreciation for it i think, the entire building is painted, and its huge, and just to think that Michael Angelo painted it all himself..ahhh crazy! I wanted to get pics, but no cameras aloud or anything. theres a million security gaurds in there. however, i did manage to record a quick 4 sec video of the paintings before a security man saw my camera out and started yelling at me.. haha, i think you can actually hear him in it..its funny. The whole museum in the Vaitican there - they said if you were to spend only a single minute at each painting, you would be there for 14 years! imagine!!
Anyway, Id like to sum this up and say ROME is a place EVERYONE needs to see at least once. I know ill be back someday. I love it!
Tomorro we're heading to Corfu, an island off of Greece, and staying at the pink palace..should be fun, and then over to Athens...got a long day of travelling all day by train tmro and then all night by ferry.. so im out! :)

BY the way, very sad sad news, but no more pictures i think, my camera died the first night we got to Rome..and i just bought it dangit! i dont know what the deal is.. but at least i can hopefully get it fixed when im home. just a little unfortunate future-europe-picture-wise.