I am exhausted! Italy has been crazy! Rome was great fun but once we hit Florence and Venice, things just went haywire.

When we got to Florence, we hadn’t booked a hostel yet. After seeking out an internet cafe, we booked a place nearby and went there. When we got there, no one was at reception but luckily, other people staying at that hostel let us in (one point for the security measures in place). We hung around for about 30 minutes before someone showed up. We ddin’t feel that great about the place but it was a place to sleep so that was all we really cared about. We went out for dinner and all the streets were deserted! It was Saturday night! It was also freezing out, like Vancouver cold. We decided to go to bed early and get an early start the next day.

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