The Younger Sisters' Five Week Journey Through Europe

Today we took the train from Florence to Rome. Jen and I had already booked tickets and I actually booked it for coming into the wrong train station in Rome. So when we got to Rome we had to take the subway to the other train station. Thankfully Markus took our big suit case and we took his little one (we also had the wheel chair and our carry-ons). It was hard but we finally got there.  Markus beat us there and checked in with the old Italian lady who's apartment we were staying in. We rented the room from Airbnb again. This time we never met the people who actually rented the room, only the little old lady (we assumed she was the grandma) who I think might have lived in the room we stayed in, but when we were there she had a bed in the kitchen. When I read some of the reviews on Airbnb of this listing other people had the same confusing experience. And the room we stayed in is not like any pictured on the listings. The only picture we took of the room was of Markus' be...

Florence was one of my favorite cities that we visited but you'll have to wait to find out why because today in 2014 was busy and all I had time for was to load the pictures. Stay tuned! I'll fill the rest in later. San Lorenzo Mercato Centrale Basilica di San Lorenzo The Duomo Palazzo Vecchio Ponte Vecchio Gusta Pizza After lunch we stared walking back, towards the Galleria dell' Academia to see the Statue of David by Michelangela. Here are some more pictures of Florence we saw on our walk back. We walked by a building covered in American one dollar bills. Basilica of Santa Croce Piazza Michelangelo Home Catch up on all the days: one year ago      Day One      Day Two      Day Three      Day Four      Day Five      Day Six ...

Today we said goodbye to our home for the last four nights and headed to Florence. Corte di Valle was an awesome place to stay, very relaxing, the family that owns it was very nice and welcoming. I highly recommend this place if you are touring the tuscan region. Our first destination was dropping our rental car off at the airport, which thanks to Jen's excellent driving skills we finally made it. It can be tricky finding where to drop off a rental, especially when the signs are in Italian, but we figured it out. Then we took the shuttle from the airport to the main train station. Our apartment ( Residence Martin) was close by the train station, but it took us a few min to figure out where it was. When we arrived our host Veronica met us and showed us our room, then she sat down with us and gave us tons of advice on where to go, her favorite restaurants and places to get the best gelato. She was so nice and friendly, it was probably my favorite place...