RAAAAAAAAWR!

Good morning from Florence! I am just about to head out here in about half an hour with a crew of like 6 girls to see Michelangelo's David. It's really funny because everyone is leaving this morning and wants to see it before their train, but we are all travelling in different directions....Rome, Zurich, Barcelona, Croatia. It's so interesting to meet people because you can always always find something to talk about when travelling. You can help them with a place to go, or where not to go...what to see and what not to see. It's helped me fill out my travel plans alot better and make sure I stay at better hostels and such. This hostel right now is...interesting, to say the least. Not only did they force me to repay my deposit I made online, but they also charge an extra 5 euros per person per night, plus 5 euros for sheets! Because it took me over an hour to find the place, I stayed. There are no security lockers, and they forced me to switch rooms last night because some girl didn't like her bed. Especially since I am already paying like 50 CAD dollars a night for this place, I wasn't too happy. I have had really amazing luck up until now with hostels, so I am making sure to look carefully when I choose one for Cinque Terre and Milan. Yesterday I went to the Uffizi gallery and it was out of this world. I saw the birth of Venus and the Primavera by Botticelli, Judith slaying Holofernes, that Medusa painting by Caravaggio, many works and drawings by all the Mutant Ninja turtles! (Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo) haha.

Anyways, I have got to go see this 13 foot slab of marble so I had better make sure my bags are packed up. Talk to everyone in a few days after I settle in Cinque Terre.