Florence is the only city in Italy we had enough time to visit. And thankfully I'm positive we picked the right one. It has one of my favorite things of all time- the duomo. The dome Brunelleschi designed and directed construction on over Santa Maria del Fiore. Which is gorgeous and right next to St. John's baptsitry and Alberti's baptsitry doors. The first night we relaxed by our hostel pool, got some amazing Italian food. And then went to look at the duomo at night.
Our second day we walked all 462 steps to the top of the duomo. Worth it. After the duomo we went to a market and I ate half a chicken. It was delicious and only €6 with fries. That night we met up with another group in Florence and had more Italian food followed by gellato. Then there was a creepy Charlie Chaplin impersonator we watched for a while.
We also saw San Lorenzo, Santa Maria Novella, and some other more minor things.
Our last day in Florence we went to see Michelangelo's David. It was absolutely enormous and I had no idea. Basically 24 feet tall. After we shopped the street vendor seeling all kinds of things- lots and lots of leather. After we "hiked" across town to the Michelangelo plaza for a view of the entire city. That night we took and overnight train to Veinna with a private 6 person couchette.
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ReplyDeletei'm confused. i thought there would be way more carts and piles of hay around these buildings
ReplyDeleteI kept looking for places to hide. Didn't find any
Deletewhat exciting leather things did you purchase for me?
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