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eeping sound. I ushered her inside and followed her

bed."God, that was almost

ept for the whole

owing we had to meet at seven, I definitely did not want to be lat

to the sound of Leah's voice rambling about how excited

aised my head, my eyes checking the time. 6:00 am. I called Leah and told her to wake up, but all I received was a

through the window. There were sounds of birds tweeting, which made me feel som

reakfast before we headed out. Just as I opened the door, a group of

her eyes, then stuck out the middle finger as the girls walked aw

lous start t

and I was already feeling the urge to crawl back to my bed and sleep. The momen

tely going to need coffee i

e machine. There was a selection of things ranging from cream, sug

ng next to Ethan, her face tilted upwards because of his height. She covered

arms. His lips were pursed into a straight line as L

ssed by the color of her cheeks tha

en, but not Ethan. I'm too busy replaying the scene that I pay no attention to Ethan, who was making h

know, why don't

d, "Pleas

mile. "What did you s

," he said, "I just said Donald Tr

who is boasting

act

ishly as he took his mug of coffee

to watch them

lobby. As we walked there, two guides were standing in front of us. Both had an olive

n the left said. He held up

other one did the exact

and I hugged Leah as she went Luca. Th

the Colosseum?"

nts raised

we'll be going first.

lessandro held a microphone and intr

s most remarkable monuments wi

more exciting facts about Rome and the Colosseum. The rest

edge of the street was the famous construction that had been in situ for thousands of years. There was

y the number of tourists gathered around the ancient site, mostly taking pictures and chatting. To add on, the h

head with the back of my arm and mentally thank

tried to talk through the tourists as he showed us aroun

eters wide. It's built with travertine

of the buil

was damaged by several earth

ng. There were many exposed layers of pilasters and arches if you pay attention

of seats, each row assigned to a different ranking level. Alessandro said the best view w

the carved names of the senato

e second course, and the generals and pu

adrenaline and roar of the crowd as they fought each other. I was cu

reak me out of my thou

y and heading to another section. I nodded a

were stored. It was built with wo

d to one another. Though it has suffered some damage, the structure still

through his thick Italian accent. I noticed that sometimes he would use Italian words to fill i

can understand sentences as a w

t like three minutes, but it was finally lunchtime. I didn't noti

one out to take a picture. It was my first time