Firstly, i would like to wish my best friend Mary-Beth a happy birthday and her sister a wonderful wedding day!!!
I left Rome at 5:30am to catch the train to Florence. I arrived around 8:30 so I wasn't able to check in to my hostel yet because it was too early. I decided to head into town to start to see the sights as there were many and I only had one day. The receptionist at my hostel was great, she gave me a map and circled all of the sights that were worth seeing so I went by that. I loved it there. The buildings were all in such great condition. In Rome, it seemed that the inside of the churches were beautiful but in Florence it was the outside that impressed me. It started to down pour in the afternoon which was quite refreshing. I preferred the rain to the 40 degree heat that's for sure. After touring around all day I was back at the hostel by 9pm for a shower and to bed. I was so pumped to be staying somewhere with Air conditioning and then the stupid guys staying in my room turned it off at midnight when they got back to the room, so yet another day waking up soaked in sweat.
That morning I left at 6:30am to venture to Pisa to see the leaning tower. When I arrived I got a bus ticket for 1.40 euro which was good for 70 minutes so I literally went there, took some pictures, met a lady and we took pictures for each other although she wasn't a seasoned picture taker so mine didn't turn out very well haha, and then headed back to the train station to go to Cinque Terre.
Cinque Terre has 5 towns on the water. Each town is a bit different but all have only 2-3 restaurants and then souvenir shops. I had already used a day of my euro rail pass so I just continued on that day and trained to each of the towns. I was staying in the first one, had dinner at the second one, and layed on the beach of the fifth one. My feet needed a break from all the walking I did in Rome and Florence but unfortunately something happened to my foot and its swollen and hurts to put pressure on it so I've just been hobbling around walking quite slowly. If the swelling doesn't go down I will have to get it checked. My time in Cinque Terre was nice in the way of scenery but it was very boring because I didn't end up meeting anyone. I just arrived by 12 hour ferry to Split, Croatia and had to get some wifi because I have no clue where my hostel is. I found the address now so I'm going to go to the info desk and sort myself out.
It's been a pretty quiet time since Rome so not much to report on.
Talk soon!
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