I spent the day friday with Matt, Matt and Paul at a bar called The Old Stove to watch Mexico versus South Africa. After the game we headed home to shower and grab a quick dinner. We then met up with some other people in the group and went to Beni's place. However, when we got there Beni couldn't find the channel so we ended up going to another bar with a huge flat screen. We grabbed a drink and enjoyed Uruguay and France. After the game most of the people went home but Jeff, Danny me and some of the other girls stayed out and met up with Beni and Lorenzo. We had a few drinks at their bar then headed to Bigallo. Danny, being the nice guy he is walked me all the way home since I was the only one out who lived on the other side of the arno.
Saturday we woke up bright and early to head for the island of Elba. We took the train to Piambino then a ferry to Elba. The island was beautiful! However, the weather on Saturday wasn't took great. We checked into our hotel then took a bus to Cavo from Rio Marina where we were staying and ended up not spending much time on the beach. Instead we stopped at this little restaurant for pizza and a drink. It was a really great time. I definitely think everyone enjoyed themselves. After we finished we headed back to the hotel for showers and naps. We all did our own thing for dinner with our rooms. My room went to a restaurant right on the water followed by some delicious gelato of course!! Then we headed back to the hotel and all hung out in the girls room drinking wine and watching US verse Englad. I still cannot believe we tied! Once the game ended we left the hotel. The second me and Alyssa walked outside we heard "Yellow" by Coldplay being played. We turned down the street and there was a band playing live music. We sat on the steps, enjoyed some wine and the music. They had a great playlist even playing a crowd favorite, "Save Tonight." The energy of the street was amazing, something so glad I got to experience. It started to rain so we headed to the bar by our hotel with the outside covered patio. We grabbed some more wine and then two of the guys from the band came to hang out with us! We stayed out there for hours talking to them. It is actually really fun to learn italian from them and teach them phrases in english.
So today, we got stranded in Elba. The bus that was supposed to come and pick us up to take us to another beach never came. So we had to wait to take the ferry only time find out that not many trains were running today due to a strike. Since we had alot of time to kill before the ferry came to pick us up we decided just to take some time to relax and take in where we were. Marie and Amanda hit up the beach and Alex and I found these HUGE rocks on the water and sat on them to sketch and journal. It was exactly what I needed after a hectic day of traveling with a lot of people. We took the ferry back to Piambino and found out the only train to Firenze wasn't coming for five more hours. So we figured out how we could take a bus back. However, the bus sold more tickets than it had seats and took awhile for our bus driver and this couple to stop arguing and finally leave. We just arrived home and it feels so great to be back in Firenze. I also got to skype my family today which was something that I definitely needed after a hectic weekend. We are going to go grab a panino for dinner then possibly go somewhere to watch the games tonight.
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