Day two: Gypsy encounters

So the flight across the atlantic...not as enjoyable as I expected. Don't get me wrong, I had plenty of legroom compared to those not in emergency isles, the food was actually pretty good, and American Airlines played some quality flicks (Up In The Air - starring George Clooney and 17 Again - starring Zac Efron and Matthew Perry). But for some reason I only saw about an hour and a half of shut eye, it was cold, and my legs were begging to be stretched out. I met some people on the plane that were going to Florence through other various study abroad programs and went through the Rome train station with them (it helped that one in my program kind of spoke Italian). Gypsys were everywhere though; trying to steal my train ticket, my lunch, and my soul (okay maybe I took it a little too far there but really). Thinking we should save a few Euros we decided to walk from the Florence train station to the hotel we're staying at and during that walk it decided to rain. Thanks to my spidy sense I wore my rain coat though. Florence is cool, it seems a lot bigger on a map than it actually is so that's good on the feet. I'm hoping to have a lot of down time tomorrow to walk around, get some espresso, take some photos, and just relax for a bit.

Cheers for now.