Not Where You Are, But Who Your With!

 I will first explain to you that I have literally been counting down the days to Florence since I got here. With some of my best girlfriends studying there and half of my other friends coming to visit on there QU spring break, actually all being together at the same time seemed to good to be true. Now of course you could put me anywhere on the planet with these amazing people and I would be happy, but put us in the center of art and the capital of the Tuscany and it's  beyond anything I could have imagined. With my girlfriends apartment looking straight over the Duemo, situated next to the leather market and the most delicious food in the world, it only made scene not to sleep for the next 48 hours and soak up every second.   

 I must say our friends gave us the royal treatment by taking us to there favorite restaurants, bars and clubs. I had the most amazing pasta, lasagna, bread and wine of my life and since were all such good friends I had about 20 plates to pick off from! We of course then made our way to bar after bar and club after club until the sun was rising over the Duemo (literally). I will say one of my favorite parts of our two nights together was going to the “secret” bakery. Now this bakery dose not open till around 3am and is located in a tiny little ally way that was almost impossible to find. However, once there all we had to do was say what we wanted (12 donuts I believe) and each one came out of the wall through a tiny opening. 

Now besides stuffing my face and partying like were back at Quinnipiac (but 10x better) I did manage to shop at the leather market, roam the streets to see the highlights of the city and of course be taken to Guro, the BEST gelada I had on my trip so far. I really never wanted these two days to end, except I had to snap back and realize I was studying abroad to NOT be with a million American students and my friends, but to see the world on my own. However, I will be seeing some of them throughout my travels and just being able to share this experience was too good to be true! I don’t know how I made the bus, but I somehow brought myself to come back in time to head to the country’s capital: ROMA!    

Ciao xo,

Lindsey