Arrival

Buenosera! It has been a long day in Italy. My plane ride was fine. In the seatback in front of me I was watching our plane on a map so every time I woke up I knew how close I was. This is a picture of my very first glimpse of Italy—isn’t it gorgeous??? The water is beautiful and there were so many boats. I could not help but have a HUGE grin on my face. As did I when I stepped off the plane and everyone was speaking Italian- what a beautiful language.



I got a decent amount of sleep on the plane ride over but by the afternoon became extremely exhausted. I had a few bumps in the road today; not being able to find my luggage immediately, not being able to find my friend immediately, and missing one train by about ten minutes and I had to wait 2 hours for the next one! But, besides all of those little things, Italy is wonderful. The countryside was beautiful from Rome to Florence.



Brianne and I went from the train station to our hostel and then to dinner; that is all we had time for really. Dinner- Oh My Gosh- was sooo good! I had the homemade spaghetti with black truffle, parmesan cheese in a cream sauce. The noodles were so tasty- fat and soft. With dinner I had a glass of the Chianti classico- I thought it was appropriate due to my proximity. Brianne had the gnocchi with bacon, spinach and ricotta cheese; also very delicious! We were so full from dinner we decided to skip the gelato for tonight but I am planning on trying as many flavors as possible.

Tomorrow we plan to go see all the touristy things and hopefully find some less touristy spots as well. More then, ciao.