First Night in Florence

After landing at Ciampino, we hopped on a bus to Termini, Rome's largest train station, so we could catch our train to Florence! Termini is huge and we had a bit of difficulty finding the right platform, but we got on with time to spare (though the others were panicking a bit!). The train was great- only a few hours and beautiful countryside the whole way. Italy is very, very green. 


We arrived in Florence that evening and checked into our hostel, B&B Maison. It was definitely nice; I was in a room of six and the other three girls were also in a room of six with three others. One of the first things we did was cancel our hostel in Rome. Our flight was an 8 am flight and it made more sense to simply either stay out all night or head to the airport super early and wait it out there. After the cancellation, we dropped off our stuff and headed out to eat. Our first night of Italian food was delicious. Mmmmm, pizza. The waiter was very friendly and they even cooked my pizza in the shape of a heart: 

After dinner, we headed out! We met up with Elana, Anne Marie's friend studying abroad in Florence, and a few of her friends. After a bit of wandering, we found a bar and hung out for a while. Interesting fact about Florence? It's one of the top study abroad spots in the world. As a result, it's full of Americans and the bar we went to reflected that; there wasn't a single non-American to be seen. Jen got a little crazy and the night got a little late so Ricki, Laurel, and I headed out early and got our first cup of Italian gelato! Chocolate and strawberry was such a good call.