I wont pretend that I have just finished seeing Florence, the city after Venice and heading to Rome. I have actually been to three other countries since Italy but I will attempt to recap and vow to keep up on the blog a little better.
So Firenze as it is referred to by the Italians, old, historical, beautiful, and lots of churches. I visited 6 the 2 days I was there and even one twice. Now I am offically burnt out on churches, cathedrals, basilicas..... Im not even sure how a basilica differs from a cathedral or church. Anyway, upon first arriving at the train station I see a man holding a sign with a name on it. No definitely not my name, but on top of the name was the Avanti Destinations logo, the travel company I worked for in Portland. It was cool to see the other side of the company and people taking their travels that they paid a lot for. Me, I walk past and get directions to the bus to my hostel and I am perfectly fine with that. Upon arriving, I meet Peter an English man in his 60's who mapped out all the sights I must see and had endless knowledge on everything imaginable. Interesting until he started quizzing me on US history. The stupid American strikes again. Regardless, he ended up being a great travel advisor to Pisa, Cinque Terre, and Switzerland. I really hope to be as ambitious, worldly and passionate about travel at that age. Florence is probably best known for the statue of David, which my friends visited. I opted out of standing in line for an hour and paying 20 euro and went to an internet cafe. Heard it was great. Good enough for me. So yea, two days there hanging out with Juan Jose Gonzalez(love the name) from Mexico. Coronas at noon as we walked from church to church. Watched the World Cup game and made 20 or 30 friends walking in the streets because he was wearing his jersey and there was an oddly large number of Mexican fans. Lots of fun minus the loss.
After two and a half days in Florence, I caught the train to Pisa and stayed for a few hours. Saw the tower, lots of pics, tons of tourists, lunch on the lawn(per Peter's suggestion) and back on the train headed to Rome.
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