We left you in Florence but we are now in Nice after a long day of train hopping. 2 nights ago we spent a beautiful night walking around Florence! After dinner we decided to walk up to the Michelangelo Pillazzio {spelling may be wrong?} to see the sunset overlooking the entire city. On our way we crossed this amazing bridge where there was a proffessional photo shoot going on. The model looked so glamorous, there was so much equipment we had to walk on the street to get around it, and i think the photographer was a guest star on americas next top model, but that could be my immagination making the situation a bigger deal than it really was{typical}. We leisurely made our way up to the site that looked over all of Florence where we sat on these steps that was a very popular hangout spot for locals and tourists. We had a blast laughing at all the different people we saw. As the sun began to go down the mood changed a little as we enjoyed a nice beverage together and we reminisced on the trip remembering all the amazing places we have been! We just completely fell in love with Florence and had the time of our life getting to know the beautiful city. We ended the night with a bag of popcorn while getting to know the hostel worker guy and this awesome girl from Quebec who was traveling all of Italy with her mom.
The next morning we were awakened by our lovely room mates again! They were actually anything but lovely, they were the most inconsiderate people i have ever come in contact with. They banged every door and talked so ridiculously LOUD. Lets just say we were a little crabby because it was our day to sleep in? We forced ourselves out of bed where we began to discuss our budget for the rest of the trip...YIKES...slim pickins. We helped ourselves to some eggs in the kitchen and began to ponder what to do for the day. We decided to head to the train station and see if we needed a reservation for our train to Nice? We ended up not needing the reservation and it dawned on us to see how far away the Cinque Terre was, we found out it was only 2 hours and 30 minutes away! We said "why the heck NOT?" and ran back to our hostel to get appropriate clothes for the day. By the time we got on the train it was 2pm and we made it there by 4.30, we were a little bummed for not thinking to do this earlier but we were happy to have this amazing opportunity! If you dont know, the Cinque Terre is 5 small towns along the coast and you can hike between and along them all. We got there ready to hike and found out it costed 5 euro per person and the entire reason we did this little adventure was because it was FREE! We decided to it our way and take the train to each town because we get free passage with our Eurail Passes. We looked around the first town Riomaggiore but decided we were ready for town #2 after soaking in the amazing beauty. We got to town 2 and took rick steves advice by walking around the city. Lets just say we got a bit distracted! There was an opportunity for cliff diving {my dream}!!!! Ben did it first of course because i am a chicken and he just had a blast. at first i said i wasnt going to do it because we were on a time crunch, i did NOT wear a swimsuit, and i was also a little scared, but then i realized i may never come here again and this trip is once in a lifetime...so I JUMPED!!!! It was the most amazing feeling ever not only was the view to die for but i could see all the way to the bottom of the ocean floor while ontop of a 40ft cliff!!! We are crazy and random but we realized right there that the train ride was worth that one experience. We quickly ran out of time and had just enough for one more town. We hung out in town #5 for a while and gazed at the beauty and then headed to town 1 in order to catch the last train home. We had 30 minutes to sit on a cliff and gaze at the beauty as the sun began to set! It was pretty much the best day ever and we are ready to go back! We made on the train and finally arrived in Florence at midnight.
Today we ate a quick bite and headed to Nice, the French Riviera, the South of France, and the train took what seemed like forever but now we are here!!! Our hostel is funny, we are on the fifth floor of a hotel and our room is so short we hit our heads on the ceiling beams. It is cute and very French! We are sharing our room with this crazy old Canadian guy that answered the door in his whitey tighties {if i never see a man in is underwear again i will be a happy woman}. Love Love Love You All!!!
Ciao
Ben&Molly
Quote for the Day:
"Divers are Thrivers! Jumpers are Fist Pumpers"--Benny Boo Boo Boo Boo Boo!!!
The next morning we were awakened by our lovely room mates again! They were actually anything but lovely, they were the most inconsiderate people i have ever come in contact with. They banged every door and talked so ridiculously LOUD. Lets just say we were a little crabby because it was our day to sleep in? We forced ourselves out of bed where we began to discuss our budget for the rest of the trip...YIKES...slim pickins. We helped ourselves to some eggs in the kitchen and began to ponder what to do for the day. We decided to head to the train station and see if we needed a reservation for our train to Nice? We ended up not needing the reservation and it dawned on us to see how far away the Cinque Terre was, we found out it was only 2 hours and 30 minutes away! We said "why the heck NOT?" and ran back to our hostel to get appropriate clothes for the day. By the time we got on the train it was 2pm and we made it there by 4.30, we were a little bummed for not thinking to do this earlier but we were happy to have this amazing opportunity! If you dont know, the Cinque Terre is 5 small towns along the coast and you can hike between and along them all. We got there ready to hike and found out it costed 5 euro per person and the entire reason we did this little adventure was because it was FREE! We decided to it our way and take the train to each town because we get free passage with our Eurail Passes. We looked around the first town Riomaggiore but decided we were ready for town #2 after soaking in the amazing beauty. We got to town 2 and took rick steves advice by walking around the city. Lets just say we got a bit distracted! There was an opportunity for cliff diving {my dream}!!!! Ben did it first of course because i am a chicken and he just had a blast. at first i said i wasnt going to do it because we were on a time crunch, i did NOT wear a swimsuit, and i was also a little scared, but then i realized i may never come here again and this trip is once in a lifetime...so I JUMPED!!!! It was the most amazing feeling ever not only was the view to die for but i could see all the way to the bottom of the ocean floor while ontop of a 40ft cliff!!! We are crazy and random but we realized right there that the train ride was worth that one experience. We quickly ran out of time and had just enough for one more town. We hung out in town #5 for a while and gazed at the beauty and then headed to town 1 in order to catch the last train home. We had 30 minutes to sit on a cliff and gaze at the beauty as the sun began to set! It was pretty much the best day ever and we are ready to go back! We made on the train and finally arrived in Florence at midnight.
Today we ate a quick bite and headed to Nice, the French Riviera, the South of France, and the train took what seemed like forever but now we are here!!! Our hostel is funny, we are on the fifth floor of a hotel and our room is so short we hit our heads on the ceiling beams. It is cute and very French! We are sharing our room with this crazy old Canadian guy that answered the door in his whitey tighties {if i never see a man in is underwear again i will be a happy woman}. Love Love Love You All!!!
Ciao
Ben&Molly
Quote for the Day:
"Divers are Thrivers! Jumpers are Fist Pumpers"--Benny Boo Boo Boo Boo Boo!!!
