1. Sun valley 2011
2. Halloween in Rome 2013
3. Tie between several weekends at Michigan/Michigan state in 2010 and 2011
4. Sun Valley 2013
5. Spring Break, Mexico 2009
Mom and dad don't worry, Nastar Nationals is still my favorite "family fun" trip. But I'm not going to lie and say the trips above were always "family friendly"
BACK TO THE PART ABOUT ROMA.
I took a late train from Grignan to Lyon and stayed the night alone on the flat. It was heaven. The next morning I left for the airport and headed off to Rome to meet up with my friend from high school ski team, Amanda Barnes. Amanda and her 2 friends who I have met before through Amanda are backpacking around Europe. And this past weekend was the only time I was able to meet up with them.
They arrived in Rome maybe an hour before me... We stayed at the "Alessandro Palace & Bar"
The first night we got some takeout and hung out in our room and the pub in the lobby, pretty casual. We had a big day of sight seeing the next day...
Thursday could have it's own book if it wanted too... We started out wandering around Rome. We saw a few churches and sites.
In a museum there was the 125th National Geographic exhibit. It contained the best 125 photos from National Geographic. It was incredible.
Obviously one of the most famous photos ever to be on a cover of a magazine. After this photo went famous someone said:
"The Afgahn girl's stare is drilled into our collective subconscious and stopped a heedless Western world dead in it's tracks." And it's now the slogan for the photo. The photographer spent 17 years trying to find her again.... He didn't even know her name when he took the photos originally.
Around 4 there was a free walking tour, the first stop was the trevi fountain. We left the tour because there were helicopters flying around because there may have been a riot outside the government building. We may or may not have saw a SWAT team all jump out of a SWAT van....
At the Trevi we took this lovely photo 
The gentleman who this for us was our savior. He gave us the best tips and tricks for getting around Rome. Mike and his girlfriend Emily, were in the 50s but were a lovely couple.
First they took us to their favorite liquor store. No wonder it was their favorite we were given free sames of whatever we asked for.
Next they took us to the Pantheon. Oh my god. So gorgeous. Near the pantheon is the oldest bank in Rome and right next to the bank is the "world's best gelato" it may or may not be the store tha supplied Audery Hepburn and Gregory Peck the gelato they had in Roman Holiday....
From there we went back to the "Alessandro Palace and Bar" to get ready and they were hosting a pub crawl with free pizza..... Oh and free drinks for the first hour than the winner of the costume contest got free drinks for the rest of the night. Yeah I won so to say it was awesome is an understatement.
Why you may ask because my costume is just a crown? Everyone else may have been in the bathroom for the contest and I happened to be the only one left that dressed up.....
After several bars we had a rather lengthy walk home. I convinced everyone it would be a good idea to stop at the Trevi Fountain at 3 am....
It was 100% worth it.
Seeing the Trevi lit up at night was the most breath taking thing I've ever seen.
The next day we went to the Colloseum and the Roman Foro something. It was really pretty. 
After walked around all day we discovered the cutest little restaurant and had the best spaghetti known to mankind.
All and all Rome was amazing!
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