We had a rough start at the airport this morning (ask my family and they will tell you all about it... lol) to say the least but I finally made it onto the correct plane. We had a layover in Munich, Germany where we each proceeded to buy ourselves a large mug of beer at eight in the morning. The lady working at the counter looked at us like we were crazy of course. After hours on hours of traveling we finally made it to Florence at 12:35pm (6:35am in America). We all already felt confused by the time difference and were exhausted. A taxi drove me and Natalie from the airport to bring us to our apartment. We turned down one block in particular and I looked at her and said, "Wow, this is gorgeous. Best street I have seen here yet. Imagine if we were able to live here." Not even two seconds later the cab pulled over to the curb and said, "Here we are!" Both of our jaws immediately dropped. Our apartment is not even a minute from the Duomo which is the best location there could possibly be. It is HUGE with a total of 5 bedrooms and 4 full bathrooms. Including myself there are 9 of us who live here. The view from my bedroom of the center of the city is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. It all seems so unreal. After unpacking it was not long before we all had to then start getting ready for dinner. We came across this great local restaurant called Osteria De'Pazzi. I got spaghetti bolognese and a glass of the house white wine. I have had bolognese before at home but it does not compare to what I had here at all! Not only that, the wine was so good that we each drank it like water. By the time we finished it was 10pm because everyone eats dinner much later here. Afterwards we made our way over to this American bar that multiple people have recommended to us called The Lion's Fountain and proceeded to drink another bottle of wine. On our walk back home we passed countless gelato stores and could no longer resist ourselves. I got coconut and it was like no other "ice cream" I have ever tasted before. I can't wait to eventually try them all!!!