On the very last Friday of the month of March we had a scheduled field trip with my Food Culture class to go back to Chianti. Other than that I kept the rest of the weekend free to just stay in Florence. It worked out perfectly because Nicole, Allie and Paige all ended up being able to visit!! Paige got here first on Saturday afternoon. We were clearly off to a great start because while we were dropping her stuff off in my room I somehow managed to drop my keys out my window....We watched them drop all the way down and this random man pick them up. We went rushing down searching for them and eventually found them on the floor in this random store nearby..After that situation we headed straight to get paninis at Antico. The line was the longest that I had ever seen it of course. Paige was freaking out the entire time because there were tons of birds everywhere that were getting so close to us haha. It wasn't long until Nicole and Allie's train was getting in. Nicole, Allie and I decided to surprise Paige so she had no idea. She thought that they weren't coming until later on in the week after she already left. I convinced her that I needed to go to the train station to pick up Jaclyn's friend for her because Jac was on a day trip. I guess I did a good job because she literally didn't realize until the moment she saw the two of them right in front of her and her jaw dropped. I was pretty proud of myself. Unfortunately, only Paige could stay in my apartment with me though because we only have two couches and Alyssa also had a friend who already had plans to stay with us. It wasn't a big deal though because Nicole and Allie were able to get a hotel room. I brought them to Santo Spirito for dinner and we sat outside to eat. I wasn't shocked when Nicole and Allie said they were "on their way" and showed up a half hour late to our reservation! They all ended up loving the food which, I was positive was going to be the case. Once we were full it was time to go out!!! We pregamed at this apartment with a bunch of my friends and then ended up at Naima. Nicole was really sick so she went home a little early but at least she made it for a little while. Afterwards Allie, Paige and I went on a hunt for the famous secret bakery that I had yet to go to. We searched for probably a solid hour and a half before finally giving up which, was pretty disappointing. We got just a little lost trying to find our way back but eventually got home around 4am, still hungry.. 

The next morning I brought them straight to Gusta Pizza for breakfast/lunch. Even though the man messed up and didn't make our pizzas in heart shapes, they all still said that it was the best pizza that they had ever had in their lives. Afterwards we walked to Piazzale Michelangelo which, was quite the hike, as usual. On our way back we stopped to get gelato at Neri. We were true Italians and sat on the sidewalk as we all enjoyed it. Once we were finished we went to see the inside of the Duomo quickly. Next it was time to shop!! We spent probably just a little bit too much money buying things in the central market whether it was scarves or leather bags. We literally walked through the entire thing which, is really long. Even though we all had no room left in our stomachs we were still able to fit in happy hour margaritas at Tijuana. They couldn't leave without going! We didn't go out again this night because they had to leave early the next morning and I had class. It was so nice to get to finally all be together in Europe. It sucked having to say goodbye to them but I know I will get to see them again soooo soon :) 

P.S. I would just like to point out that I took more taxis in the time that they were here than I ever have in Florence before... (Nicole and Alll)