Florence

I got to Florence today. Everything worked out this time. No delays, no missed connections. It's a really nice town. Tomorrow I plan on seeing all of the landmarks and such, which are all packed into an easily walkable distance. The days following that I will use to see Pisa, and another small town, "The city of Towers," in the hills of Tuscany.

My hostel is pretty cool. It is located in a campground about 20 minutes by bus from the city center. While it sucks that I am far away from everything, and the doors lock at 12PM, it is a really nice place. It is amazing that one second I can be standing in the city, then a 5 minute walk up a driveway, and I am in a hilly campground. It's so beautiful up there. All the city noise completely disappears, and it is surrounded by stereotypical vinyard hills and little farm houses. I have seen surprisingly few English speaking travellers. I hope I don't get bored here. It's OK though. Tomorrow two Canadian girls I met in Venice are coming here, so they can keep me company. And for tonight, I am more than happy to get to bed early. I am dead on my feet. I went to bed at 9:00AM this morning and got up at 9:45 to catch the train. I got a few hours on the train, but still. Why did I not sleep? Well, I met another girl...

Later