ITALY - took my breath away!

I recently got back from Italy. Had the chance to visit it thanks to the dance group I'm in. We participated in a folk festival in a town called Riccia. On our way to the town we stopped in Venezia.
It was a dream of mine to visit this place but since I've read somewhere that the city is sinking each year with 1cm or so, I HAD to visit it before it was too late.
I didn't have time at all to visit any shops, just had to pass by them. There isn't a bad smell in the city from the canels, or at least it didn't smell at the places I visited. The streets are tight, but in a really beautiful way. There was a square where I bought and ate my very first Italian pizza - and all I can say is "mmmm delicious!".
Time passed so fast that I didn't notice when our walk came to an end and I had to take my place on the boat, with which we left Venezia.

Riccia is a small town. Streets are even tinier, but I have to say it was another breath-taking place. I tried to imagine living in this town. I'd probably know everyone and probably nothing bad would ever happen there! All poeple in the town are nice. But what I didn't like was that almost no italian citizen knew English. I mean they knew some words, but we couldn't communicate that good.
Another thing about the Italians that I've learned is that they are ALWAYS late! I mean, yes, I am always late, too, but I am alte with 10 minutes while they are late with 1 hour! They told that we were going to have lunch at 1pm, but when we went to the buliding where we had to eat, they told us that lunch is not ready and we'll have to wait till 2pm. Same thing happened for dinner. It happened almost every other day.
However, the town is amazing!

On our way back, we stopped in Rome. This was again a dream of mine - to visit it. We started our walk at around 10am and finished it around 6pm. I have no idea how I was able to walk in the ned of the day. We saw nad visited so many landmarks, but our main destination was St. Peter - Vatican City. The building was amazing. I also had the chance to go to the cupola. So-Many-Stairs!!! It was a nightmare, because of the hot weather, I felt sick. All I could think of was 1)When the hell are these stairs going to end and 2)What will happen if I puke here.

Then, after 8 hours of non-stop walking, it was time to go back to the bus.
Oh, and this was the first time I used the metro. It was exciting. Not here are some photos of my journey!