Fast, Furious and HOT 3 days!

Ciao from Florence!

(View from our Apartment)

So the past 3 days have consisted of 6 cities, 3 plane, 4 trains , 3 buses, 2 taxis and finally we are in our home in Florence for the next 33 days! My journey to Europe started at home in Texas where I then was put on a different flight then Malissa, Alyssa and Liz(the Interior Design Girls I am studying abroad with)! This was a crazy start of the trip but it all turned out ok! On Tuesday I then flew from Texas to Chicago then to Paris then from Paris we rode a series of buses and trains to Beauvais where we took another plane to Pisa. And all of this with NO cell phone as you can imagine my Mom was freaking out a tad after not hearing from me for almost 2 days!

 Pisa was BEAUTIFUL, we stayed Wednesday night and toured Pisa and the Leaning Tower of Pisa on Thursday! The tower was more than I expected, in the pictures you just see the tower but it is in the center of the city which is surrounded by museums and cathedrals.

(Leaning Tower of Pisa)

Wednesday afternoon we left Pisa to head to Florence by train, we then checked into our surprisingly very nice apartment! After all of the online quizzes, brochures, emails, videos, pamphlets, information session and advice, NO one I mean NO one prepared me for the heat! Oh my goodness gracious it is HOT and NO WHERE IS AIR CONDITIONED! YUCK! I guess I can’t really complain too much I am in the most gorgeous place in the world, but a little warning would have been nice. J

(Mine & Liz's Room)

Today we had an orientation and got lost afterwards so we really experienced the true side of Florence. We went to the Market today to buy some fresh fruit and eat lunch, but I have to be honest all the raw meat really grossed me out! :/ eww! As everyone knows I am a huge fan of Italian food which has been awesome to have the real stuff, although I have noticed a lot of liver and brains on the menus, not really my kind of Italian food! Haha We also had free dinner tonight provided by LDM(my school), this was so nice after spending so much money on transportation the past few days!

Tomorrow we will be sightseeing in Florence so more to come soon!

P.S.: No Jersey Shore spotting yet! ;)



Sincerely,

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