Saturday, June 20, 2009

Jet legged!!!!

So I left Cedar Rapids at 4:00 on June 18th and arrived in Florence, Italy on June 19th around 3pm. I ran into some glitches on the way. First I was leaving the Frankfurt airport and I put a lock on my carry-on because it has my laptop in it...well when I was switching airlines I had to have everything scanned again which meant unlocking my carry-on but the wonderful lock I bought wouldn't open so here I am in the Frankfurt airport looking like an idiot that doesn't know how to use a lock and after about 20 minutes of trying to get it open they finally understood that I just wanted them to cut it, and this almost made me miss my next flight. When I got to Florence I wanted to save money so I took the city bus into town. And the directions for my hostel seemed close, which relatively it is. But not so much when you have 2 50 pound suitcases and a carry-on and a massively sized handbag. So here I am carrying all this on cobble roads and knocking down random things with my luggage. I don't even want to know what people were thinking. Finally this really sweet couple from New York helped me get the rest of my luggage to my hostel so I wouldn't have to embarrass myself anymore. But right before that I managed to break handles on 2 of my bags which could make things interesting on the way home. I was relived when I checked in and got into my room. I am in a really nice hostel sharing a room with 7 other girls. They've all been really nice. Two of the girls are from the states but their English teachers in Korea. So I have already meet some really interesting people. First thing I went to sleep since I was so exhausted from flying and carrying my luggage around. Then I woke up around 5am this morning...yippie! NOT! But a couple of my roommates and I went on Food market tour, and at this point I had a weak stomach from being jet lagged. We get into the market and the first part is seafood, fresh seafood including the smell, which was not enjoyable. I saw fresh octapouse and who knows what else, I just couldn't stand the smell. Then we toured the meat area, let's see I saw a pigs head, cow feet, brains and stomach, pretty much every part of the cow and pig. Then we had a little tasting which I felt completely horriable because I couldn't try any of it because of my weak stomach, and what I did try I almost regurggated. But the city is beautiful, it's a rich culture. And for the rest of the afternoon I 've just been trying to rest after the events of this morning. Tomorrow we're going to Pisa!!!

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