Rome is hot! Why do I have a cold?

Rome is a pretty cool city. Lots of old stuff.

July 5: I woke up yesterday ready to start my conquest of the city Rome. I had signed up for a walking tour at 2pm so I planned to explore a bit, grab lunch and plot the rest of my days during the morning. The exploring and lunch went fine (I got a pizza from this shop. No big deal except for some reason I ordered a pizza topped with ingredients that I would never order in the States, olives, artichokes, mushrooms, and hard boiled eggs. Actually the only thing on the pizza that I actually eat was ham. IDK why I had a taste for these things all of a sudden but the pizza was delish and I ate the whole thing.)

Now planning the rest of my days?? There is are so many things to see in Rome. I got so incredibly overwhelmed as I was planning. I just about wanted to rip up the guidebook, put all the pages in a bag and just pick things out. I purchased a Roma Pass which gives you unlimited access to the metro for three days, entry into two sites and discounts on everything else. I picked out some of the things that I really wanted to see and hoped that the walking tour would hit all the other important points.

The tour was good. But it was ridiculous amounts of hot! It was a four and a half hour tour, which is fine with me. I would have been walking around all that time anyway and I think the Roman Empire is amazing so the nerd in me was just eating up all the facts. When the tour was over I returned to the hostel and planned on going to happy hour at the hostel bar with some of he girls I met on the tour. They either stood me up or we missed each other but I ended up just spending the night at the bar with my roommates. Sipping limoncello as they had Aussie talk.

I woke up this morning with a cold. :( My nose is a leaking faucet and my throat has been scrubbed with brillo all night. I'm going to the grocers to get tissues and maybe something to make me feel better. Any suggestions?

Either way, this cold won't stop me. Today's agenda, Colosseum!!