Long Weekend!

Phew! We had a 5 day weekend, and we took advantage of by hitting the road!

We left Wed. after we got back from Ostia, and headed on a train to Florence. From Florence we took day trips to Pisa and Sienna. We stayed in a hostel in Florence that was really nice, and very much enjoyed our stay.

Day 1 Pisa!
We traveled to Pisa on a local train that was about 6 dollars from Florence, and spent about a half of a day there. We visited the Chapel, Baptistery, and famous leaning tower of Pisa. We had lunch and gellato to finish off the visit.
ps. it was warm and cozy this day

Day 2 Sienna!
Friday we took the local train out to a hill town south of Florence, Sienna. It was so cold when we got there, and the wind never stops blowing! We didnt stay there too long because we were miserable and cold when not inside the buses, but we did go to piazza del Campo and the Cathedral/Baptistery before making our way back to Florence enjoying the Tuscan countryside.

Day 3 Florence!
After traveling to the train station and spending our nights in Florence, we thought it was befitting to see the city a little more in depth. We got up early to visit the statue of the David, which was amazing! We all stopped in there to sketch him, but sculptures are really hard to draw we found.... We went to the Duomo of Florence and climbed about 5000 stairs to the top to see the view. This was incredible and well worth the 2 following days of soreness.

Day 4 Venice!
We capped off our trip with a night and half day in Venice. We again stayed in a hostel here, but was not quite as lucky with the nicety. There was about 10 people per room, 30-40 people in the hostel, and 2 bathrooms amongst us. Drunken people wandering in at all hours of the night ended in a few light hours of sleep at best, haha. We got up early and waited in line with 8 people in front of us to take showers, but then finally got out to see the city. We took the water bus to the Doja Palace and went to across the channel to the glass furnaces, and watched a demonstration of how to blow glass. We then made our way back to the station to ride the train 5 hours back to Rome. Home sweet home, our own beds felt good after that.