I love love love Italy, but this was my first time visiting Florence and oh man did I fall hard. Not too big, not too small and full of art and good food. What more do you need?! So after a few days there with Jaims, I returned again with my good friend Layne who was studying in Siena. Jaims was sick with what wikipedia diagnosed as giardia. Don't worry- Once we returned to the states she was able to get the correct medicine but for the mean time had to rest. So I took the liberty of joining Layne on a few adventures back to Firenze, where we did some shopping and visiting of friends from her mission before she returned to the states. (For those wondering and for my own remembrance- We think Jaims got sick in India when she drank the water at the Golden Temple. Lesson Learned: Don't drink ANY water in India not from a bottle you opened) We were grateful that symptoms weren't horrible while traveling in Slovenia and Italy, and that Layne let us crash on her couch so Jaims could slow down and rest when needed.
