Florence Arrival

By Tammy H. – Guestblogger from Florence
It was a LONG walk from Terminal E in Paris CDG to Terminal 2D to change plane. I had to walk really fast since I only had an hour in between. Then I had to wait in LONG line for security check again. But I made it in good time.
When the plane landed in Florence, I only had to wait for a few minutes for my bag to show up. I wheeled it out the "Nothing to Declare" gate and went out to the taxi stand. No custom check… Nothing. A piece of cake!
I showed the cab driver the address of my homestay and asked if he knew it… he said yes. I asked about how much the fare would be… he checked with another driver to make sure and told me about Eu20—23. The taximeter showed that much when I was dropped off in front of the house. It had a locked iron gate so I asked the driver if he could use his phone to call the landlady for me. He gladly did and talked to her for me too. Two minutes later, she came out with a big smile. She said she was expecting me on Saturday. I told her that was the day I left!
Anyway, I was shown to my room on the third floor with a sunroof window that can be opened or closed. My room has two single beds, a desk, a wardrobe, two shelves, a stool and a chair. There are two other young girls going to other schools in Firenze. One is from Pennsylvania, here to study art, and the other is from Germany. Our hostess is very active and loves all kinds of dancing. So she might take us to go dancing one of these nights. She speaks a little English and a lot of French so whenever she needs to explain something for me to understand, we can use French. But I told her I would rather she speak Italian with me afterwards…