Ciao Bella!

We got into Florence yesterday after an 8 hour Train ride from Nice - yuck. But we met my old roomates Christie and Mallory (who have been studying here in Florence for the past few weeks) in the Piazza della Republica. We are staying with them and we cooked dinner last night and then went out for gelatio and saw some landmarks around Florence at night. It is so beautiful here, but so busy and crowded with students. We are hoping to get to the Uffizi today and then the Academia tomorrow and perhaps some of the Basilicas and Cathedrals. We are leaving early friday morning for Cinque Terre and staying there for the weekend before we head back to Florence (we are making a short stop in Pisa to take the cliche pushing the Tower of Pisa over photo) and then its off to Rome (fingers crossed). I've uploaded some photos to the last entry, trust me there are a zillion more I just don't have very much time to sit at a computer and upload everything. I promise I will once I get back! As always I hope everyone at home is doing great! I miss and love all of you of course! I can't believe we only have two weeks left! :0(

Love Mary (and Katie)