After a teeny tiny sleep-in, which is code for 7.02am (getting betterer by the minute bahahaha) we met our private guide to do a walking tour of Florence.  We were supposed to do this tour our first day but due to a small glitch with the tour company (I can’t even tell this story without my left eye twitching and becoming stabby so I won’t) we had to move it.  We had done so much exploring on our first day that I felt this guided tour ended up covering some things we had already seen but it did give us a better background and insight into what we were seeing so I guess it wasn’t a complete waste right?

Up early, traipsing through the streets of Florence with our luggage to drop it off at what was supposed to be our hotel for the whole stay lol.  I’m just sooking, it was not that big of a deal in the end and we really liked our intended hotel.  It is inside quite an iconic building and the foyer is filled with historical images that feature the building of Hotel Pendini in the background which were pretty great to look at…..

This morning we headed to the main Rome train station to catch the first train of the trip. Hoping this wasn’t going to be too complicated (esp with heavy bags) but we better suck it up and be the Super Heroes (I’m Wonder Woman obvs and he’s, umm, he’s, umm… oh who am I kidding…lol) I know we can be and get used to it, lots more trains to catch on this trip.  The station was a bustling crazy hive of activity and since our hotel had warned about this being ripe pickings for the pickpockets of the world we tried to A. look like we knew what we were doing aka not look like deers in headlights trying to work out what’s what and B. keep our hands on our valuables – all while wheeling what are increasingly becoming the heaviest bags in the universe.  My biceps are starting to rival Hulk Hogan’s at this point and since we have similar hair I truly expect to start being asked for autographs any day now.