Firenze

Firenze
Although we had a little drizzle in florence that turned into a  downpour we soaked up the sights and culture too. We got to Florence at about 8 and after walking in some circles and asking about 3 different people we finally found our hostel. It was a small unmarked place with about 4 or5 rooms each with about 6 people and only one bathroom. The check in lady hardly spoke English but we managed. We found some late night kebabs and started to walk toward the duomo. The duomo is the largest church in Florence and absolutely stunning. Made entirely out of marble it's about 200 feet tall with incredible detail. At night it's lit up with flood lights and seems to shoot up toward the stars. We saw the clean up of a race that had taken place eariler that day. We think the course went around the duomo. We saw a couple more churches and plazas on out way home without even trying and found out Florence is pretty small. The next day we were up early and off to see the sights. We saw some cool parks on our way to the museum with David. The line was about an hour and a half but we decided it was worth it. We took turns waiting in pairs while the others went and adventured around. We did a little street shopping and chatting with ours neighbors in line. Finally we at the front of the line and got see the majestic David in all his full frontal glory. The rest of the museum is pretty bland with some plaster statues and church Jesus art but it was worth the wait just to see David. After that we headed back toward our hostel to watch the Italy v new Zealand game. We all were secretly cheering for the kiwis but had to cheer for Italy to make it out alive. The pub was small but the screen was huge and we sat right in front. Italy's only goal was from a pk after a typical Italian flop in the box so we were able to get a video of the madness after they scored. The game was a draw in the end so we were happy. Then we relaxed at our hostel and found another pub to watch the ivory coast v brazil game. After all that soccer watching we were pretty hungry so we treated ourselves to a full Italian dinner. Big plates of pasta was sauce as rich as a king. Lots of wine and lots of tasting everyone elses dishes so we could each brag that ours was best. After lots of laughs and with full bellies we went home to crash. Today is another travel day with 4 different trains and 12 hours of travel to get to mersailles. We're only on the first train now so hopefully all the transfers go smoothly and we make it France in one piece. We love you Italy but travel bug is starting itch so till next time, ciao Bella. 
Our mersailles hostel sounds like the bees knees so hopefully we'll be happy since we have 5 days there. We have a lot of day trips planned to Monaco and nice and lots of beach time too. We hope the beach will be soft enough to play some beach soccer and frisbee but I know we'll love it either way. 
Right now rj is pretending to read an Italian news paper(I think he's just looking st the pictures), tan is tearing through the pages of his ayne Rand book and loving it, code is napping with some tunes and I'm about to get back to "on the road" and maybe finish it today. Thank you Logan for letting me borrow it! 
We love you all and can't wait to share pictures and stories in person. 
Ciao!