Thursday, May 20, 2010

Florence!

Florence is beautiful... which I am starting to think that it is just an Italy thing. I love it!

We went to the musseum and saw Michaelangelo's 'David' today. Very cool! It is a really really big sculpture. I mean we saw 'The Pieta' in St.Peter's in Rome, which is absolutely gorgeous and in my mind the most beautiful sculpture ever. But David was huge. It is crazy to think he carved it... and yet was able to make it so smooth but yet detailed. So that was sweet.

We also bumped into our friend Tanner from our program in Valencia in the museum... so random. Once again the world is not as big as I thought it is.

The streets here are really fun to just walk down and have a stroll. Today we hiked up a hill to see a lookout point over the city as well.

Yesterday the rain from Rome followed us here, so we went in many churches to shelter us through the storm.

Our hostel here is the best one yet. I know I keep saying that 'this one is the best', but I'm for serious this time. It is the best. We have a computer in our room. We each have a wardrobe. We have free breakfast consisting of either Scrambled/fried eggs, an omlete or french toast. And they have dinner here for super cheap. 2.50 euro for a pizza or big plate of pasta. And there is a terrace that lights up at night. We can write on the walls... ya, it's really cool.

Tomorrow we are off to Venice. We have to take the 'water bus' to get around the city though since it's actually an island. I'm excited! I don't know if our hostel has internet though, so hasta luego!

1 comment:

  1. Hi Samantha,
    This hostel sounds awesome. What's it called? Do you feel totally safe there?


    I'd love to feature one of your posts on Pink Pangea (www.PinkPangea.com), a travel site specifically geared towards women travelers. Submit a photo of yourself in Spain and write a post about your experiences. You might also want to provide some tips for other women travelers to Spain. We will be sure to link back to your site.

    Looking forward to hearing from you,
    Rachel
    rachel@pinkpangea.com

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