We are in Florence? Oops

What was suppose to be a nice day trip to the Tuscan countryside of Siena turned into a day of train hopping to Pisa!

At 11am on Friday morning, two friends of my friends (Martina and Tia - who both actually go to Pace but we just met here in Italy) and I took the train from Roma Stazione Termini to Siena. Apparently we were suppose to transfer trains somewhere but we were not aware and ended up at the end of the line in Florence. I've never been to Florence yet (we are planning to go either this weekend or next weekend) so it was exciting. At this point we were just discussing our options... It was about 3pm and we could do a quick tour of the city (since Martina has already been here she knows where the important sites are). This didn't really make sense since we should spend a whole weekend here or at least a full day. Being the adventurous girl that I am, I suggested we just go to the tourist information center and get a hostel. We could just like buy toothpaste and soap or something.. But one of my friends wasn't fond of that idea. So we decided if we were going to come back we should just go the extra leg that we probably wont do next time we come to Florence, which was to take an other hour train ride to PISA!


Random picture of the Italian countryside. The views from the train were half the fun of traveling.

The one part of Florence I did see on the way to finding somewhere to eat. This is the leather market of Florence. Can't wait to come back and buy a purse : )

Once we arrived in Pisa we went straight to the one sight of the city we wanted to see. I'm sure we aren't the only ones who were doing the same thing. Conveniently there was a large map right as we got off the train that showed us the direct path to the leaning tower of Pisa. It was funny because you could tell the exact route because so many people have touched the map that the path was worn off and there whole tower was worn off the map.


These are my ridiculous cliche "leaning tower Pisa pictures" that we went for. I'm slightly disappointed that the pictures aren't as great quality as they should be because it was night time but it's one thing I can check off my list : )