Our second to last night in Florence, Angelina and I decided to do a little exploring. We were planning on meeting the other group of our classmates who were staying in the apartments across the bridge. Not exactly sure how to get there, we wandered. Eventually, after following the completely wrong path, we made our way to the other apartment. Unfortunately, our friends didn’t wait for us and ended up not being there by the time we finally found their home. We rang the bell and texted, but no answer. With this, we decided to wander more. It was around 9-10pm and we were starving. We thought we would walk around Florence and if anything seemed interesting, we would stop. A lot of places in Italy, however, close at 9pm (or close the kitchen and only serve alcohol). We kept walking trying to find somewhere and stumbled on this small plaza. There were a few restaurants around, but what drew us in initially was the live band that was playing. They were playing some new-age Italian pop that sounded great at first, but got weirder and weirder as the night went on. We sat in a restaurant opposite the band only to learn they were closed. Still starving, we decided to venture out again. After another hour or so of walking around, we found a small pizza place we had eaten at a few nights ago. The sign on the door read, “Kitchen open 24 hour” Hurray! We sat down and tried to order food, but the extremely nice waitress told us the kitchen was closed. We must have looked pretty sad because she offered us some focaccia they had sitting in the back. We instantly accepted and ordered drinks as well since we had just been lost for close to three hours. Getting lost in Florence was actually pretty amazing because Angelina and I saw some things we would not have seen otherwise. So my advice is this: Get lost in Florence, but make sure you eat first.