After an hour or so of walking around, we realized that there wasn't too much going on and maybe it was best to have a nice meal and just train back.
We stop into this local place and each get a nice 5.50 euro pasta dish. After ordering in Italian, we sat down and spoke english. One of the guys there started talking to us in english. He was from Rome, had family in Florence, and lived in Lucca. He was really funny, spoke english well, and claimed to have many friends from all over including America because he studied in California for a semester.
When he asked us when we were returning to Florence, we hesitated, "probably after this," we said. He was not very pleased. Since we told him that we didn't see much, we decided we should probably try to look again. He ended up becoming our personal tour guide, showing us around his hometown.
He showed us everything from the churches to his local stops. He said that he needed to get something for his mother because he hasn't seen her in a little while, so we stopped in this chocolate shop. We thought that was really sweet.
After walking and talking, exchanging phrases in our respective languages, and talking about our lives, he walked us back to the train station, and told us to go visit his mother's restaurant. "It would be nice to organize it," he says.
What a beautiful hometown he has. "You best be back when the sun is out. This place is too beautiful."
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