Yesterday we went to Florence for the day. It was a 3 hour bus ride through the beautiful Tuscan countryside. Our first stop on our walking tour was to see the Statue of David. It was very impressive, but sadly we were not allowed to take pictures! We only stayed a short time at the gallery and left to see the third largest cathedrals in the world. It was very ornately decorated on the outside but very plain on the inside, which was very odd. In Rome, most of the cathedrals are modestly decorated on the outside and VERY ornate on the inside. After walking to a few of the main squares we stopped with the group for lunch. We had spaghetti and some sort of meat dish. Aftwards we had an hour to walk around on our own. We were somewhat unimpressed by Florence as well. We enjoyed seeing it however, I don't think it was what we expected. However, we stayed pretty close to the area we were supposed to meet our guide so maybe we didn't get to see "Florence." We had a good time walking around together! We got back on the bus and headed back to Rome where we got off at the Trevi for dinner. One thing we have noticed about are eating experiences is that the service is terrible and apparently the only people it annoys are the tourists. After dinner we got some gelato for our walk back to the hotel =)
Us in front of the Town Hall
In front of the church where Galileo Galilei is buried
Us in front of the main river in Florence
3 comments:
Welcome in Italy!
Enjoy your stay!
yay for Jillian & Greg! Italy looks better with you in the picture!
Looks like you are really enjoying the country!!! Love you!
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