Try Not to Miss Me

Ok, kids, it's off to Italy for me. Try and play nice amongst yourselves. I'll be three days in Florence and three in Rome, then back home to Galway. Today should be an interesting day of travel as I have to walk downtown, get the train to Dublin, somehow get from Dublin's train station to Dublin's airport, then fly over to Florence and walk or cab it to my hotel. All that said I should arrive shortly after midnight local time.

After three days in a Florence hotel, I will be roughing it at a Rome hostel. Normally I would shell out the extra cash for the hotel, but for whatever reason I couldn't find hotel for much under 100 euro a night; the hostel was 28. We'll see if you get what you pay for.