An Impromptu Trip to Florence

Ciao!! I'm sorry that it has been awhile since I have updated, things have been super busy!!! Last weekend the forecast said that it was going to snow again in Rome. We had a trip planned through our school to Umbria which ended up getting cancelled due to the chance of snow. However, I and some of my friends decided that we did not want to be stuck in our apartments for another snowy weekend. So we decided to go to Florence for the weekend! It was a really spontaneous decision but I am so glad that we went!!

We met at Termini train station on Friday morning and took a train to Florence which only took about an hour and a half. After we arrived, we found a hotel to stay at which was really nice and an amazing deal (20 euros a night!!) After checking in to our place we decided to roam around the city. We went inside the Duomo which was absolutely beautiful! Then we met up with some of Kiernan's friends from home that are spending the semester in Florence. We saw their apartment, and went to dinner at a really good restaurant. Here's a picture of my dinner:

After dinner we went to a pub called the Lion's Fountain which was a lot of fun! The next day we woke up and headed straight to Michelangelo's David. The statue actually gave me goosebumps. Every centimeter is filled with detail and it is just unbelievable. I probably stared at it for a good 20 to 30 minutes. Because I was so amazed I decided to get myself a tiny 3 euro replica of the David :) Next we headed to a Chocolate Festival that was being held in the middle of the city. There were dozens of vendors selling amazing chocolate. I bought Hot White Chocolate, which was pretty much melted white chocolate. Needless to say, it was delectable. After that we made our way across Ponte Vecchio to Gusto Pizza, which was supposed to be amazing. And it was. It was the best food I have had in Italy so far.

Next we met up with my friend Hollyn from Marist and climbed to the top of Duomo. It was absolutely freezing and so windy but the view was amazing!!

After that we went back to out hotel to relax for a little, and then we went to apertivo at a really cool place. I had a frozen strawberry daiquiri which was so refreshing and tasty! Then we went back to the lion's fountain and met up with some other people from our school.

The next morning we woke up early to hop on a train back to Rome. We originally were going to take the regional train which is a lot cheaper, however, due to "snow" in Rome, they were cancelling all regional trains. So a really nice man that works at the train station told us to take the express train in order to get back to Rome. We quickly bought a ticket and hopped on a train. However, once we got to Rome we noticed that it was a beautiful day with no sign of snow. The Italians are so silly.

Overall it was a very successful weekend! Florence is so different from Rome, I probably saw the entire city about 5 different times. I feel like I will never be able to see all of Rome no matter how hard I try!! But I'm really happy that I spent the weekend seeing another part of Italy!!