Our Roma adventure lasted an extra day, but we still wanted to stop in Firenze one last time before we said Ciao to Italia. We left Rome Monday afternoon and got to Florence in the evening. Just enough time to check into our sweet hostel and walk around town. Our hostel was precious - Dany House. It was basically a house that a family rented out to young travelers. There was a common room with a computer and dining room table where everyone hung out, 2 bed rooms with numerous bunk beds, one shared bathroom with the smallest shower I've ever seen, and a kitchen that we could all share. We threw all our stuff down, changed into a clean shirt and headed out into town! Since this was a return trip, we knew exactly what we wanted to do - dinner at I Ghibellini and then gelato at Geletria Neri :) Ally's favorites!
At dinner, we sat in between some interesting people. To my left was an older man by him self. He offered us some of his Chianti wine because we spoke English very well.... considering its basically the only language we speak, we would hope so. Then as he was leaving, he told us to tell Obama hi next time we see him.... riiiiight!
To our right sat a nice couple from Manchester, England about our parents' age. We sat and talked with them a while then made our way to the gelateria before it got too late. After our dessert, we headed back to the hostel. When we got there, a few girls were hanging out in the common room so we joined them for a bit while catching up on the internet and skyping with our parents. We had tons of fun with 2 girls from Chicago and two from Australia. By 2am, we were told we were being too noisy and went to bed. Ally and I slept in a room with 6 bunk beds - 12 beds! It was loud and warm, but cheap, so no big deal.
We woke up in the morning, had breakfast with everyone that was staying at our hostel, then made our way to the train station with our new Chicago friends.
Next stop... Venice! :)
Arrivaderci!
A&A
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