DAY 13: From Crackhouse to Monsatery

We arrived at Milano early in the morning. We were dead tired and feeling a little sick. The guys in our Cucetta were sick and insisted in keeping the window closed. We wanted to run around Milan abit before catching our train to Florence but we really weren't up to it. We slept a couple of hours in the waiting room, looking like real hobos.

We caught our next train without a problem and got to the beautiful city of Florence.

We spent a good hour or so Hostel hunting. hmmmm, we were sure it was in this street... 'what's it called?'
'Pope Pious X Hostel'... 'hmmmm where could it be'
Right opposite the church of Papa Pio X we found what we were looking for. An old monastery which had been converted into a church school, had a little hostel in it.
We went through the gate and past the courtyard. All the way up the stairs were pictures of Jesus and Saints. wow ... 'hope we won't have to go to Mass every night'

As it happens the hostel was a very nice place, quite clean, safe and relaxed.
We washed up and headed out for a bite to eat and then a walk.

Florence is so beautiful by night. We went to Ponte Vecchio, Pallazzo Vecchio we saw the loads of old statues, even the copy of the Davide, the church of Santa Croce and took a nice pic of the River Arno.

We chatted a little with our roomies (2 spaniards & a jap) who were really cool.
A Maltese guy came into our room (this really freaked us out) and gave us some advice on what to see.

We slept real well.

us all pooped out