When in Rome- day 2!

Why hello loyal followers! Today was our first full day of Rome and boy did it feel good to spend the day exploring rather than traveling. We are extremely happy with our change of hostels and we left for the city center in great moods. We decided to spend the afternoon in the main square of Piazza Delia Replubblica. What's crazy about Rome is that you can walk anywhere and somehow find an ancient monument. I honestly don't even know what the half of them were, but every building seemed to have an importance. We quickly stumbled upon a fountain and readily dashed to stick our feet in. (On a side note, the weather has been crazy. Constant heat and humidity with random rainstorms). Since we were still pumped from the Bastille concert last night, we chilled with our feet in the water while listening to music. We were really living the life until a crazy old man yelled at us to take our feet out of the fountain. I don't know what gave him the authority to do that since he himself was walking through the fountain to retrieve coins, but we didn't mess with the insanity. We hopped out and kept moving through the city. Of course, we stopped for lunch and had some pasta because a day in Rome isn't complete without it. Exploring several shops and monuments, we finally made it to the Trevi fountain with high hopes, but were in horror with the image that we saw: scaffolds. Left and right. The entire fountain completely drained. Unfortunately, we were not able to make our wish with a coin into the fountain. They totally stole our Lizzie Maguire/Mary Kate and Ashley/ every other movie based in Rome moment. But nonetheless, the day must go on, so we walked to the Spanish steps and were able to bask in the glory of that with some delicious (and extremely expensive) gilato. Once there, we met up with another free walking tour group and spent the next few hours learning about the Spanish square, Pantheon, the Trevi fountain, and much more. Our tour guide was an Italian and super entertaining. He said that Rome was made of three things: marble, water, and scaffolds. Definitely spot on with that description! We ended the tour at a cheap pizza shop which was too convenient to not take advantage of. After dinner, we made our journey back to the hostel where we had to endure the most stuffy train and tram rides of our lives. The tram from the train station is 8 stops away, which takes about 25 minutes. Not too bad compared to the rest of our trip, except for the fact that it was hotter than the sun with more people crammed in than I thought was humanly possible. But let's be real- anytning is better than walking. Now we are back at the hostel ready for another day in Roma!