Day 5:     My morning got off to a pretty hectic start. We were transferring today from Milan to Florence, and stopping by in Pisa to see the leaning tower and learn a bit about the cities history. It was my turn to be group leader this day along with Denai and it was a pretty important day, so we had to make sure we kept track of everybody and that everyone knew what to do. I started the day off by sending out a group message that really laid the tone down for my term as group leader.

After getting everybody ready to go and checked out of the hotel we hit the road and made our way to Pisa. No trip to Italy is complete without the iconic pictures at the leaning tower, so we all enjoyed a tour around the city, several pictures pushing the tower over, and finally a great group picture once we got to the top. The view was amazing and from the top we could watch a soccer game between the local Pisa team and their rivals.After Pisa we continued on our route to Florence, and upon arrival we met with our guide Louise. Louise probably shared one of the most important facts we’ve learned on the trip so far. She taught us how to spot good gelato. The rules she gave us were simple.

1. If its in displayed in mountains stay away..
2. If the Pistachio gelato is green run.
3. If they’re charging over 5 Euros run faster.
4. If the gelato is covered then you’ve most likely found a good spot.

This information was very useful to us as later on that day we were able to walk by gelaterias and just spot out all of the tourist traps. We had officially become true gelato connoisseurs.