I must say I am most excited about Florence than I have been about any city. Perhaps it's because i did research on the city for our project, but I feel like I will really enjoy this city.
Our train this morning left at 823 and we needed to catch the bus at 609 from the stop by our hostel. However after an extremely long and productive day yesterday the ladies in our room did not hear any of the THREE alarms we set in our room. Oops. Oh well we are women and we were ready to go at 600. Yup we pretty much rock. We got to the bus stop early, got on the bus, made the change, and made it to the train station nearly an hour and a half early. We ate a small pasteria/cafe since we missed our gross breakfast at the hostel. We got on the train and made it to Florence in 30 minutes. Quickest commute this trip. And it probably will be. We are finally in Florence and waitin for more information for our Hop on hop off bus tour of Florence. Write more later..............
We just got off the first tour bus of Florence and I must sy, this is by far the most amazing sights EVER. We saw many sights that some of us are going to stop at later this afternoon. A guy from bologna told us that florence is a lot like Verona which I really liked a lot so this city amazing.
We got on a hop on hop off tour bus to see the city. and see the city we did. We had a total blast sitting on top of the bus in the sun relaxing having fun while taking pictures of beautiful things around the city. We went on two different busrides. The second went to Fiorense which is like an affluent suburb of the city with beautiful houses and hills. If I could a) afford to move to Italy and b) still be able to eat I would totally absolutely move to Florence. There is history with a big city feel. And I love it.
Later in the afternoon our group got separated. So instead of eating as a group, we ate as a separate group, though I think we got a better deal than the others. We ate by the Duomo for a pretty cheap price and we were able to barter the price down pretty well. After we were done eating, I absolutely had to get to a pay phone to call Andrew. Today is his birthday and I felt awful for missing it, though I know/hope he will enjoy the gifts I bring back for him. We went to Santa Croce which is where Galileo and Michelangelo are buried, along with many other ppl. That was very enjoyable and amazing and breathtaking to see up close. Afterwards we navigated ourselves (I was the leader aka the only person with a map) to get us to the art academy before our tour began. We made it right on time and got in asap. We saw many pieces of art like 'the rape of the Sabine women' and of course the 'David' by Michelangelo. It was so massive I didn't even know what to think or say. I was in awe of the size. I figured it would be big, but not as big as it was. Either way the precision of the art was amazing. I can only imagine how long it took him to create it. One of the things this trip has inspired me to do is read more about the things I've seen or experienced. Can't wait to see what the libraries in dbq have to offer me.... We made our way back and eventually got on the train and made it back to our hostel. The girls in my room are dead tired and are now thinking of what we are going to do with our free day in italy.
What a major problem eh?
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