The much anticipated visit of Matt Funnell has already been and gone; our 78 days apart followed by our 5 (more like 4 and a bit) days together seem to have gone by in the quickest flash. I can't believe how awesome living in Modena actually is!
Matt arrived a bit earlier than expected - got his times wrong dint he! - and we went from Bologna airport all the way to Florence together. We got on the train at Bologna and sat in the first free seats we found, then were told that some old people had reserved them, so moved to the seats right next to them, only to discover, on closer inspection of our ticket, that we were actually now sitting in the seats and carriage allocated to us! I couldn't get over this strange coincidence, so took the first photo of the holiday "Matt hold the ticket and look surprised at what's just happened!" (see facebook if you have any interest in the photos: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150939261625019.767822.775360018&type=1)
Florence is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to, and I am lucky enough to say I've been twice now, once with my best friend Hannah, once with my boyfriend Matt. We saw all the sights that we could in our 2-ish days there, Galleria dell'Accademia - statue of David, Uffizi Gallery - Birth of Venus, the Duomo, Piazza della Signoria, Santa Croce, soooo many gelateria's, the Ponte Vecchio, the view point of the city and more. We now have VERY tired feet and legs as we were up and out by 9:30am each morning, and didn't get back from our dinner until about 10pm each night!
We then went to Modena, so that I could show Matt where I live, and also show him off to my friends. We went out for dinner with the gang to 'i Picari' (where we went the second night too) and then on for a coffee at another bar afterwards. It was lush and Christina and Matt discussed the current football match (which was both their teams against each other) Sunday, our last full day, Matt and I had a chilled day (still up early) in the centro. Unfortunately it was raining, so we got a bit wet getting into the centro, but apart from that we were taking shelter looking in shops and having coffees/ ice creams/ cokes/ lunch etc.
All in all Matt's visit was LUSH and it was very difficult to say good bye this morning at the station for Matt's Aerbus. Well, only 56 days til we next see each other, 30% less than last time!
A presto...
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