Finally here!!

I arrived in Rome this morning at around 9:00 a.m. at the airport and we parked the plane in the middle of a runway, got off and everyone was getting on a bus so I got on! I had no idea where it was taking us, but I truly had no other choice because the whole plane got on it! Once I got into the terminal I anxiously waited for my bags which luckily were two of the first suitcases on the track! At this point I could barely keep my eyes open because the awesome guy next to me and his wife laid on me basically the whole 9 hour flight. I soon found my taxi driver (who continued to not tell me his name even though I asked 9x) and of course he was driving 130 down the Auto-ban the whole time. He was very nice though and showed me a bunch of cool buildings and stuff on the way in! The driver also took shortcuts all over the place, where I definitely thought he was taking me to kill me. Rome is beautiful, I do not even know how to explain it. Finally after about 30-40 minutes I arrived at Hotel Navona, which happened to be on the second floor with no elevator. Once I saw the hotel I thought it was going to be huge and elegant, which I guess it is except for my room is about 8x8 and I can't even stand up straight in the bathroom. I immediately got into bed and searched for a Italian channel to fall asleep too. I slept for about 5 hours and then went exploring. I found the coolest shops with everything you could possibly want to buy. They even have a Ray Ban sunglasses shop right across the street from my hotel. I am back in my hotel now for a little bit just to email home and let everyone know I am here and alive. I found the graffiti ALL over the place in Rome very intriguing, it is everywhere.. I almost wonder if it legal to do. So far from the people I have came into contact with everyone that speaks English is extremely nice and the Italians are too, I have noticed that they try to help me speak their native language and figure out whatever I need, so far they have been very helpful. Tonight I will go have dinner at some local bar and hopefully taste some of this Italian food everyone is talking about. Anyways, I am safe and so excited I don't even know what to do or think. I will blog sooner than later.