Florence, Italy

oh my, where do i start! first off mom im not sick anymore! were both doing very well thanks for your prayers everyone!

so i left off while we were in nice! our day of rest was lovely we actually did nothing, we attempted going to the grocery store but after walking for an hour down a hill then back up the steep hill only to have gone in a cirle and ended up back at the hostel we gathered that we were not ment to do anything that day and oppted for a lunch of freezies and ordered the supper they were serving that night! then we went to the beach the next day, ALL DAY! lovely! tamara was quite pink after that, i burnt a little on my back but no biggie! then came our lovely day of travel, we woke up at 7 and packed and had breakfast, then we headed down to the train station and becase we didnàt book our train all trains to florence were full, so they told us to go to Ventimiglia and see if we could find sumthing there. so we did. we got to Ventimiglia and then traveled to Genova, from Genova we went to Pisa and from Pisa to Florence! it was a long day, we arrived in Florence around ten sumthin, it was dark out anyways. we were hungry and HOT its is so balmy here. so we got sum food and found an air conditioned room to sit in. we then proceeded to try and call our hostel for diretions and see if maybe they would come to pick us up, well the phone number i tried didnàt work, and i had a little of a melt down, heat and exhaustion do that to a person! but after finding an internet place we emailed them, and then thought hmm.... now what. so we just sat sum more and then thought maybe we should try the number again, well the first time i used the country code before and then this time we tried it without and it worked! but the man on the other end was so rude, he told us to get on bus 17 then get off at ..... then walk up!, oh so helpful! we were very distraught so tamara tried to call him again and told him we didnt feel comfortable walking around at midnight in a foreign city and he said thats not my problem and hung up on her. joy. then this other back packer dude was walking around and started talking to us. we told him our situationan and since he had 2 hours to kill for his next train he helped us find our bus stop. but there are always 2 bus stops for every bus number, both going in opposite directions. so after waiting for half an hour t this stop we asked the bus driver if he stopped at our stop and he said no and pointed across the street.

at this point we had 3 more travelers heading in our direction with us so we crossed the street and waited another half hour, but this time there were two girls from holland waiting and they stayed in the camp ground attached to our hostel so they new where to go! thank you God! so we got there after a treck through a bush up a hill and they rudeness kept coming from the staff there. the next morning we found two american girls on the computer looking for another place to stay cuz they didnàt like it either, so we booked a B&B with them cuz it was 4 private room!

we spent the day yesterday walking around florence through a market and eating gelato! then in the evening we hung out with a group of ppl at the hostel and played cards and talked till they kicked us out at midnight then we went to bed. we checked out this morning and us four went off to find our new stay! we jsut got hear and its lovely! its really nice, me and tamara share a room with a huge bed and couch and little table and the girls (there sisters) share the other room then we have a bathroom in between that we all share! the owner is very nice and its in a very good part of town! were excited! we also get breakfast in bed any time we want it at! how lovley! a crousant and orange juice! all i ever need!

well we think were going to tour around a little! wish us luck! so far we ve felt safe so no problem there!
talk to you later!
Amy