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ciao from florence :)
i finally have enough time to check some email and blog more because jodi and i each got an hour of time so iàm pretty happy about it.anyways, when i last wrote we had just finished a day of bike riding through the hills of tuscany and were about to spend the night in the 8 bed mixed room with some "fresh out of high school" peeps.well, letàs just say that it was the WORST night thus far of sleep! the three boys and few girls from cali stayed up late, while jodi and i (oldies) went to bed at 10ish...i knew it might be a dreadful night knowing the circumstances so i was prepared with my ipod phones in bed, with some cotton to stick in my ears also, in addition to tying a shirt around my eyes so that every time our roomates opened the door, i wouldnt be blinded-woken up...jodi had her earplugs she bought in venice so she was set...well, we thought we were set.they were quite noisy coming in and out, the walls were paper thin, and once they FINALLY went to bed, one of the guys snored SOOO LOUD..it was soo ridiculous..i canàt describe to you how loud it was, but i pitty the woman that ever ends up with him.so we hardly got sleep. we were ready to leave the next morning, although it was a clean and accomodating hostel.we got to the city of florence yesterday morningish, checked into our super nice hostel, and went to see the david at the galleria dell accademia...it was amazing.it is so much larger in person and i could stare at it all day probably.basically, michelangelo was a stud.we were disappointed when we could not take pictures, cameras everywhere plus security...but i finally snapped one when i was in the corner off to the side..i just had to!it was def worth the 10euros...well, after that we walked around ALL day, jodiàs feet were killing her and blistering by the end of the day...but we saw a lot of the main monuments to see-the duomo, pittis palace, in addition to the ponte vecchio bridge that was the only place standing after a bomb hit the city during WWII.when we finally got back to our hostel, we met our roomates that were super nice..way better than the last, liam and bridget from melbourne australia and a two others from argentina. liam and bridget invited us to go watch the sunset at this high point(where we walked for 30min, then climbed up a few hills to get to the top) and so we decided too...we tooks some pics up there in addition to just chatting with them and talking about our travels.they both are in europe for 4 months backpacking, and had already been here for 7wks.they def gave us some tips for where we are headed, that theyve been too already.it was so interesting to talk about the different slang words that americans have vs. australians..so i def took mental notes in my head to put in my "back pocket" to use in the u.s. :)well, had a good sleep last night and jodi i are going to try and do some laundry today at an actual laundry mat, instead of the sink.tomorrow we leave for nice, france.ok, well, more later...miss you guys!