After the usual joys of flying a US air carrier (btw I became a person of suspicion after using the business class restroom according to the head flight attendant-hmmm, NWA or TSA?)I made it to Italy and Florence. Mercifully Jessica met me at the train station to take one of the extra huge bags I had but not before hitting and upseting lots of Italians on the train from Rome to Florence. Jessica also brought me a sandwich and water to help quench my hunger and thirst unfortunately she could do nothing to cure my stinky, dirty person, only a shower would do. So after exchanging loving embraces and luggage I took a shower, had some late pasta and was off to bed.
Day two in Florence was hot and humid, I thought Michigan was bad. We ran some errands and I napped, a lot. Tonight we celebrate White Nights (longerst day of the year/beginning of summer) with free concerts and appertivo with friends from abroad. We will travel to Rome on Monday to get a day of sightseeing before flying to Finland. So the adventure begins in a slow, steamy and summery kind of way. More later...
