The Adventure never Ends

So I left my hotel in Florence this morning at 7am (the last airport shuttle for the group) for a flight from Florence to Amsterdam at 12:35pm. First when I got there I tried to check in but they wouldn’t allow me to check in till the plane from Amsterdam to Florence took off. So at 10:10am (the time the woman today me to come back) I got back in line to check in. 10:30 rolls around and no one has been checked in. At 10:35 (after a man asked) they announce the incoming flight was delayed over an hour. They then out us into two lines, those who’s final destination was Amsterdam and those with connections. I ended up in the front of the connections line and went first. They spoke in Italian in front of me trying to figure a reroute out for about 5 minutes then had me follow them to another airline counter where they talked again for 5 minutes and finally went to the Alitalia flight counter where they worked it out. They told me to go to Rome and then I would get to Amsterdam. When I asked what time she replied tomorrow at 1pm.

Unfortunately the flight to Rome was boarding in about 10 minutes so I hardly got time to say goodbye to all my friends before dashing through security and immediately getting on the bus to the airplane. I didn’t sleep on the flight to Rome (only 30 minutes though) and when I arrived I started playing “Help Desk Hop” trying to find a fast way home.

After about 30 minutes of being tossed around the only thing I got was an earlier flight to Amsterdam. I left Rome at 3:20pm and landed at 5:40pm in Amsterdam. Thankfully while on my flight my dad and brother worked to find me a place to stay over night.

After arriving at 5:40 I walked to the curb and caught the shuttle to the hotel. Luckily the hotel has made up for this madness! I have a lovely hotel room, Internet, and there was a great walking trail! Now I’m relaxing in bed and I’m heading to bed soon! Hopefully by 1:55pm central stand rda time tomorrow I will be home in Texas!!

Staying in style – Hotel Cellai

I just realized that I never posted any pictures of my hotel. Hotel Cellai is a beautiful four star hotel a block from the Hot Independica and 3 blocks from San Marco’s Piatza where you go to get to the Academia and see The David. The walk to the Duomo is about 10 minutes, but it can easily be viewed on the hotels food garden. It was free wifi, pretty good wifi too, in the rooms and the rooms are great! Larger than a typical European hotel room and decorated with antique looking furniture.

Are hotel is also a cool place to explore. It has about 9 different rooms where you can sit and enjoy comfy chairs and between 5-7pm complementary coffee, tea, and tea cakes. Also 24/7 there are apples left on a table in the lobby for guest to take. (Taylor and I have eaten our fair share of those) as I mentioned in a previous post the breakfasts are also amazing. A large warm and cold spread with everything ranging from fruit to pastries to scrambled eggs.

We will be sad to leave our hotel at 7am tomorrow to head to the airport! We have had a wonderful stay! Now we are heading to breakfast and then to the Duomo! Hope it’s a great last day!