The following blog post is written by sophomore, Kennedy Martin!
Fresh off our 89-22 victory the night before, we woke up bright and early the following morning to workout with our strength and conditioning mastermind, Coach P, at a nearby park. After the workout, we returned to the hotel, showered and had a quick breakfast, we put on our most airy dresses and shorts and braved the heat for a truly amazing tour of the Colosseum (or Colosseo, if you're pretty much fluent in Italian by now, like me). We learned some awesome things like where the word 'fornicate' comes from and how many slaves it actually took to build the entire arena, and why there are so many holes in the walls.
From the Colosseum we walked straight over to the Roman forum (or what was left of it) and learned about the center of political, social, and religious life for the Romans at that time.
After we came home, rested, and furiously reapplied deodorant (did I mention it was 95 degrees), a few of my other teammates and I decided to explore the city of Rome (or at least what was a reasonable amount of miles to walk) and made our way to the Trevi fountain and the Spanish steps. We also admittedly did some major shopping; but you can't blame us for that, you know, because of the whole 'when in Rome' thing.
** Fun fact: As we were walking by Gucci, 40 or so people stormed the store door because apparently Mariah Carey thought it was appropriate to steal our Italian thunder #stillsalty
After our little excursion we all met back at the hotel and had, (non)arguably, the most amazing Italian dinner of all time at 'La Tavernetta Sistina.'
Overall we had a fantastic day and to be honest, I really don't want to ever leave this place.
- Kennedy
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