Hooray we've made it through our first week of classes, and survived our second weekend in Firenze! So what do Italians do to kick off the school year? Hang on to summer as long as possible by heading to the beach of course! Yesterday, we decided we were ready for our first adventure out from Florence (bold, right?) and joined in on this mass exodus from our still sweltering hot, stone paved city (temps are hitting 90 right now--hotter even than Mississippi!). Bathing suits on and ready to go, we figured out the ticket machines with only a few minor setbacks, and hopped the next (well we think it was the next...pretty good chance we missed a few in between) train to Viareggio. Less than two hours later, we were exploring an adorable seaside town with awesome shopping (luckily for our bank accounts, all closed on Sunday), the BEST gelato we've had so far (yes, we got it twice), and snoozing and girl-chatting on a beautiful Tuscan beach (ocean to my left, mountains to my right--yes please!). Capped it off with some delicious seafood pasta and a late night train back to Florence (probably could have done without the creepy Italian men...really what about us screams please harass me?), and we called it a very successful, very spontaneous and fun day!
first Italian train ride!
made it!
but we never said we really knew where we were going...
train rides are exhausting
so happy!
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