well, i didnt get to update really before. i dont have a lot of time right now either. but i want to say that my first full day in florence went well. went to a giant food market where they sold all kinds of crazy meats...like stomach lining and faces. really. what else....lizards! there are lizards here. on the street. i ate really really well. yesterday i had spaghetti pomodoro with basil and tomato. the best olive oil ive ever had. today i ate gnocchi. it was ...

well, i am in florence. let me first say, it is so hot here. the hostel is a sauna. but now that that's out of the way, it's completely beautiful and lovely. the flight went well, the transfer flights went well. i did not sleep and tried to do the whole- "stay up all day until you crash at night to get on schedule" thing. i stayed up and then couldn't 'sleep. so i'm a zombie. but, it's morning here and rodger and i are going to head off to see more and walk aroun...