Mosquitos and Italy

So, on Monday I flew from Barcelona to Rome, and Debbie and I met up easily at the airport. Not so easily, we found the Cotral that took us from the airport to Ostia, where our first hostel booking was. It was super hot, and the hostel did not aircondition. We took a metro into Rome and saw the Spanish steps, purely by accident. We even walked them before we knew what they were. I definately know very little of what things actually look like in Rome, so its hard for me to know what I am and am not seeing.
When we went back to the hostel after the steps, walking around and eating, we went to bed. This was possibly the worst experience anyone has had in Italy. The windows were open and all night we were kept awake by mosquitos. In the morning we got up early to go to Pompeii and I had at least 200 bites. All over my face, legs, back and arms. Then, to make matters a little upsetting, we could not find the meeting place for Pompeii ontime so we missed our tour.
The day went a lot better after we had breakfast. We arranged to go on the next Pompeii tour so we did not lose money or the experience. That will be tomorrow. We went to see Ancient Rome. The Colliseum, Roman Forum and Palatino. Then we went to our next hostel that had AIR CONDITIONING!! We had two roommates. One of them was named Dustin and he was from Montana. The three of us all fell asleep for at least three hours that afternoon, and when it was time to get dinner, Dustin came along. I had delicious caprese and calamari. We had a bottle of wine, and then we went walking. We ended up at a bar and I had a little too much...I think the wine threw off my judgement.
The next morning Debbie and I went to the tourist office to find a place we could stay for the last 4 nights we will be in Rome, and now we are in the Aphrodite Hotel, a three star with AC. Its nice, and nice to have a double room, no roommates.
We have been to the Vatican, climbed up to the Dome of St. Peters which was breathtaking, and we did an open bus tour. Rome has so much to see and do but it is hot all the time, so I am finding it hard to keep going all day long. In the afternoons we need a bit of siesta. And now I am going to take mine. Ciao!