Firenze!

FLORENCE !!! So! Our first night was pretty intense, we drove around for a good half hour trying to get close to the hotel. In the end we had a parade of suit cases throughout the streets. We got cleaned up, went for a little tour where we got pizza. I wasn't impressed. We walked around the streets and Tasha, Emily, Dana, Beka, and I heard this crazy classical music.coming from this random boom box on the street so we started dancing and skipping and galavanting when ALL OF A SUDDEN this creepy scary man jumped and yelled and we all screamed and ran off. It was super funny. THEN we found a carousel that had NO music but we rode it anyways. Each time we went around we waved to Emily, like we were small children.  People stared. It was humorous. So.on our way back thru the alley way we got scared of, the same guy was doing this AWESOME street performance and had a GINORMOUS (gigantic & enormous - who knew that's not technically a real word?) crowd!! He was fantastic! He pulled an American girl, a Swedish man, and a young Italian girl to help with his act. It was pretty racy. But seriously funny. He stripped the dudes shirt off and made ohh la la jokes about the American girl. He wouldn't speak much but make hand gestures and noises. Its hard to explain. But I would go see him anywhere if he had an act in the States. It was funny to think about, but people would think he's on bath salts and a pedophile if it were America. But I suppose things are different in Europe. Actually I know so. People are very. . Free with their sexuality and expression.. nude beaches. So after the street performance, Emily took us to a bar she use to frequent called The Old Stove. we met people from Jersey there! And! We got free shots from the bartender.. who took a liking to me and made me a crazy drink.. in the end, the Jersey girls all called it a Maggie and people were ordering Maggie's alllllll night!!! Random people from the group went back the next day, ordered a Maggie and they made it! Woo whoo!!! Tasha had a Maggie and spilled it on herself. Then blamed someone for it! Too bad we watched her do it!!! Hahaha (she said, "I would.have gotten away with it, it it weren't.for those meddling kids" HAHHAHAHAH Scooby doo quote )

So the next morning, was a little rough.. we went to a real leather shop and saw how it was made.. I found a sweet ass bracelet that looked like handcuffs made out of silver!! Wayyyy to pricy tho! Then we took our walking tour. We were a little distracted by men doing caricatures and our deep desire for food in our bellies. So in the end, I didn't much attention to the tour..but we did see Michael Angelo's house! Cool cool! We ran back for caricatures that ended up being twice the price because there was mad people waiting in line and didn't end up looking anything like us. Sad face. Its okay because I am getting Ginette and Anel to draw us (they have mad artistic skill!!!!!!) We stopped to get some spaghetti. They ran out of all the Chef Boyardee (joke. We really did want some beefaroni tho haha) I don't think you understand how meat deprived the entire tour group is! We literally sit on the bus and fantasize about meat dishes and food back home! We then went to our Wine Tasting Excursion in the Tuscany Country side! Mmmmm! I like white wine a little more than red. There was awesome olive oil on bread with cheese too! and we had a dessert wine (what they do is pick the grapes, don't squish them.. let then hang for 7 weeks then squeeze them.. and then let then ferment.. they have a really small output after all is said and done) it is super sweet wine and you are suppose to dunk your biscotti in it.. I dropped mine in :( so it looked like dog food.. I bought bottles of wine! Surprise surprise, for some lucky people back home haha! Afterwards I took a nap, which I greatly needed and we all made our way to the club. Speedy let us down.. it didn't open til later so we sat at a pub for an hour and chit chatted.. the club had KARAOKE. I don't think you understand the extent of our singing on this trip. It's intense. Beyond intense. It's passionate. We sang Call Me Maybe, The Time of my Life, Barbie girl, Greece Lightening, Eminem..then it started to drag ass and we made our way upstairs. Not pleased with the fact they allow 16 year olds into clubs. But we made our own fun. I danced like I had a seizure (like usual). Great time! It was super fun.. lots of memories! That's the end of Florence!  (Sidenote, we got lost on our way home but navigated to our shitty ass hotel by smelling it. Literally. Its super crazy how random our hotels are. We have a beautiful ski lodge but then we have a place that is Sketch McQueen. Haha! I roomed Iva and Yelena and got eaten alive by mosquitos! No joke. And the guy who ran the hotel yelled at us for being loud and served us one croissant and hot coco. Yum. )