Minor Setbacks in Rome

The good news: we made it on our 5:50 am train and arrived at Termini just after 8:00, giving us the entire day to see Rome.

The bad news: when we got to Termini, we were told that the airport is not, in fact, open all night. [I will now take this opportunity to point out that, yesterday, I had said this may be an issue and was condescendingly and completely shut down. I was, understandably, a little peeved.] 

The result of this issue was that we had to spend over an hour making a new plan. I floated the idea of going out and staying out all night until our bus from Termini to the airport left, but was, again, shut down. Rome has a bit of a reputation for not being the safest city, you see, and apparently the idea of nine girls sitting in a pub was too risky. So, instead, we found and booked a €25 hostel for the night. With that finally taken care of, we headed out! First stop: the Vatican!