We’re staying at the Academy Hostel in Florence and love it! We’re just a block from the Duomo! The hostel has AC and wifi, no elevator but a great staff that helped us with our luggage J We had breakfast in the hostel and then set out – Duomo, Piazza di Santa Maria Novella, Piazza della Repubblica, and the Ponte Vecchio. We walked up flights and flights of stairs to the Piazzale de Michelangelo where we had a wonderful view of the entire city. It was incredible! I love that each place we’ve visited has a characteristic color. Florence is a less deep red than Prague but gorgeous nonetheless. We did our job as tourists and checked out postcards, football jerseys, and gelato. I have my very own “Carrie” (Sex and the city) necklace now – a local artist made me one that says jpt. We started making our way back to the hostel for 6:30 happy hour – sangria, bow-tie pasta salad (close to yours, Momma :-), and cantaloupe kabobs. We met a ton of other travelers at happy hour – mainly from Australia, Canada, and California. We ended up going out with them for the night and ran into a big group of girls from Elon studying in Florence for the semester! It was a fun night – Leah, our new friends, Jena and Amber (no words can do them justice), and I had a hilarious walk home including the most amazing pizza.
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