Yes, this is love...
TODAY WAS AMAZING. I had such a good day, and as Mackenzie put it "we done good, girls."
We woke up to a beautiful morning and wanted to do something since it was not too hot out. It was the perfect day to go out and explore the city, so Gabby, Mackenzie, and I decided to take a CitySightSeeing Firenze bus tour since my mom has been trying to convince me to take one. We got ready and headed out across the city to find a bus stop that we had never been to before. We printed out directions and set off with them in hand. Instead of walking down Via Ghibellina which is the street we live on that we see everyday, we walked on a street parallel to it that we had actually never been on before and found a bunch of little tabacchis and restaurants and bakeries that look awesome and had really good pricing. We grabbed some drinks then continued walking until we were across the Arno and in a neighborhood we had never been to before, so we saw a lot of new things. Along the way, we walked through a piazza with a lot of tents set up and huge crowds of people and a lot of noise. We kept walking, unsure what was going on, and saw cars speeding down the road beeping with people out the sunroofs screaming and waving and a lot of cops on mopeds too. Then we turned a corner and realized that we were at the finish of what seemed to be a decent size bike race. The racers were just coming in to the finish as we walked by and everyone was really excited. It was pretty cool. We kept walking and got to the end of the directions without problems, but once we were there, we could not find the ticket place and bus stop that was supposed to be there. We ended up walking for about an hour and we asked a few people but no one could tell us where to go, so we decided to go back to the other side of the Arno to the train station where we knew this company had a stop. After another long walk and plenty of picture taking, we arrived at the place and bought tickets for a bus that pulled in right after we purchased them. We had gotten a little discouraged but now things seemed to be looking up.
Right behind the bus stop there was a man selling jewelry on the street. We each got a silver cuff bracelet for 10 euros. Very pretty!
The tour was fantastic. We went around Florence then left the city and went up a huge hill into a cute little town with an absolutely breathtaking view. You could see miles and miles of Italy. I can't even describe how pretty it was. Luckily I took quite a few pictures.
After the tour we were starving, so we went back to the new street we discovered to eat at a Mexican restaurant we had seen earlier, but it was closed. However, we were really craving Mexican, so we went back to Tijuana, the restaurant we went to the other night with the realy good daquiris. It was happy hour, so they were only 3 euros. Perfect! It was delicious.
We came back to the apartment after a very long and strenuous day, and now we are exhausted, although it's not even 9 yet. I'm headed off to bed soon, because I'm expecting a long day tomorrow. We have class at 9:30 tomorrow, followed by a 3 hour break. Then, instead of our normal 2 o' clock class, Chris is taking us to the Boboli Gardens which are atop a high hill that overlooks the Tuscan countryside., where we can just hang out and enjoy the view for a while. Then, we are all going to dinner at a meal voucher restaurant called Golden View, where Chris will pay for our drinks since they are not included under the vouchers. After that we have an optional free activity (we have one every week), which this week happens to be an orchestra concert at a theatre in the city. Hopefully tomorrow will be an awesome day as well!
Seeing some things that I could really appreciate today made me much less homesick and a lot happier to be here. It felt very good to get out of the apartment and see new sights and actually have some fun with my girls :) Once the college freshmen drama is out of the picture, it's much easier to enjoy Italy like I came here to do.
Ciao belli!
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