So you know how they say travel in Euope is ALWAYS on time, well, that's bull.

Traveling is kind of nerve wracking in a foreign country, where neither one of you speak the language and it kept us on our toes today. Anyways, back to the beginning. We went to the beach bright and early this morning just to dip our feet in the water in hopes of avoiding some of the crowds. Surprisingly, the beach was already starting to fill up at 9 in the morning. We did our required couple minutes in the water with our pants rolled up. It was nice and refreshing, a bit too cold for me and way too rocky but at least I can say I did it. On our way back to the hostel, we grabbed some food for the train ride. Kelley grabbed a sandwich (with mayo!!! she was way excited) and I grabbed a doughnut and pretzel from a bakery stand. We got to the train station with plenty of time, only to find out that our train was delayed and they had yet to post what stance it was going to be at so the station was full of people staring up at the sign. Mind you, it was packed, 70+ degrees and no air conditioning with our backpacks. Talk about a good time. Finally, we found out what stance and made our way to the train. Unfortunately, none of the doors to the train would not open so we were forced to stand around and wait. I loved it when people pushed their way to the front thinking we were so stupid as to not push the button to open the door. I mean really, come on people. Kelley was excited because the train was a train with compartments so she called it the Harry Potter train because there was even a food trolley. So that train was about 40+ minutes late and rather than making up time, it continued to sit at stations we passed through for long periods of time...Hmmm. Crazy. We arrived in Milan thinking we had missed our next train because we were originally supposed to have a 50 minute layover (I guess you can call it that) and definitely arrived 15 minutes after our train was supposed to have left. Fortunately, that train was also delayed and we made it with enough time. It was a fairly nice train and Kelley and I were separated in our seats. She sat across from a guy that I described as a cross between a Dead Head and a Hell's Angel. Kelley apparently really enjoyed talking to him while I thought he was a bit off his rocker. We then made it to Florence (or Firenze) early evening. It took us a couple minutes to figure out what direction we needed to go to make it to our hostel but we made it alright. Funny thing is that we have a private room for one night and this private room is bigger than all of our other rooms that held multiple people. There are even separate rooms in our room. It is crazy. The downside is that no air conditioning but it is doable. We decided to hit Florence after we dropped our bags off and we made our way to Piazza Michaelangelo for a great sight of the city at sunset. On the way, we stopped and had dinner at a Indian/Italian restaurant that had some really great prices. Food was pretty good for the price. We then hiked another great big hill and more crazy number of steps to reach the top. But it was worth it. There were some amazing views of the city and two wedding parties had chosen to take their pictures at the sight. We then enjoyed some gelato and made our way back to the hostel to do some laundry. Tomorrow should be a very long day as we go to Venice and then Rome.