We went to a travel agency down the street yesterday,
worked our Italian magic/American charm,
and got a group discount on our train tickets to Florence.
9 of us - 40 Euro round trip.
That includes a stop in Pisa on Sunday on the way back.
I hear the Tower takes an hour and it's not worth its own trip.
Hostel is 12.50 / night.
The 4 girls are in one room and we have a bathroom -
the 5 boys do not haha.
All in all it should be a low-cost weekend excursion.
We leave at 8:45 tomorrow morning,
so I'm doing my first load of laundry tonight, packing, and sleeping.
Last night we had the mass of the Holy Spirit, in the Church of San Ignazio.
St. Ignatius of Loyola is obviously the man around here-
and the church was cooler (i think)
than the Basilicas of St. Francis. Awesome mass.
After, we had a fabulous dinner at a neighboring restaurant.
Italians know how to eat - appetizers on appetizers -
courses on courses of food.
My favorites were the mozzarella everything -
whether it was a cheesy/rice fried ball of heaven or just balls of straight cheese.
The 140 of us took up the entire restaurant, it was quite the meal.
We'll be back late Sunday night from our adventure.
(Mom/Dad - I'll call you then.)
LOVE LEX
p.s. for those of you missing sara boer: check out her adventures in Africa.
You're Ghana love it
http://saraccra.wordpress.com/
No comments:
Post a Comment