Wow, I have done so much in the past three days it's hard to remember. I'm currently on a computer (circa 1993) in our hostel in Venice so I'll try to quickly hammer it out before someone else needs to use it!
Florence *Friday*
- slept in a little bit and had a 5 euro brekfast at the hostel. Had my first italian pastry and it was delicious (a doughnut with cream in the middle, mmm).
- The weather fluctuated from beautiful sun showers to cold rain. But the majority of the day was warm sun showers.
- Wandered around the city and looked at famous sites like the Duomo (didn't pay / wait in line to go up it and get a panaramic view of Florence though).
- Waited in line for an hour to see David..... and it was WORTH IT. The statue is immensive and impressive. The most impressive and beautiful statue I've ever seen. Michalangelo clearly was a master. :)
- Ate shitty pizza in a cafe. :(
- Walked some more and saw the square full of statues, including a replica of David.
- Watched a bunch of living statues even though they give me the creeps
- Stood in line for 45 minutes to get into the Uffizi, a large art gallery. Unfortuently, we were only there for 45 minutes before closing so we kinda just ran through it. BUutttt I did get to see Botticelli's Birth of Venus!!!!
- Great hostel dinner for 5 euros and ended up playing pool and cards in the dining room / bar area.
- Met three fun American boys and a Canadian couple and drank with them a little bit.
- Earned my Florence patch. ;)
SAN GIMINANGO *Saturday*
- I can never pronounce the name of that place.... but it was BEAUTIFUL. It was in Tuscany and full of old world charm. A little touristy now, but still THIS is what I thought Italy would look like. Narrow streets, tall sandy coloured buildings surrounded by vineyards and countryside. This town is about an hour away from Florence (and you have to take a train and then a bus to get there).
- Wandered around after checking into our adorably quaint hostel (basically like a B & B... without the second B)
- Ate a salad at a cute but expensive Ristorante.
- Ate worlds best (2006/07 Champions) Gelato... Cinamon, Dark Chocolate, and Raspberry flavours.... A-MAZING.
- Took lots of pretty pictures and fell asleep early. :)
VENICE *Sunday*
- Woke up at 6:30 am to catch the bus... that ended up coming an hour after it said it would. :( But slept on the train and arrived in Venice in the afternoon.
- This city is exactly how I pictured it. Gondalas, canals, tall buildings that are falling down / rustic looking. And very very expensive food / everything. lol.
- We went on a Gondala ride!!!!!!!! 15 Euros each for only half an hour but totally worth it. :) Our gondalier was adorable and sang to us while also spouting out various trivia about the buildings around us (which as you know I'm a big dork -- I loved). This was my favourite thing we've done in Italy so far even though it was very expensive.
- Walked around a lot and took forever to find the perfect Venician mask... but I did! It's blue and pretty and paper mache... Now I somehow have to get it back to London in one piece... The girls want me to wear it on the train tomorrow... and I might just do that.
- Had the best pizza :)
And that brings us up to date. There are people waiting in line so I gotta go. ROME TOMORROW!!! And I get reunited with monica (and chris!)!!! So excited to see them. It's felt like I've been travelling for a week but its been only 4 days... 12 more to go!! :)
I LOVE TRAVELING!!!!!!
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