Day # 18

Yesterday we spent the day in Florence. We woke up around 5:45 and got a cab to the train station. We took the 7:47 train and we got into Florence around 10:25. Florence is beautiful. It is probably my favorite place so far that I have visited in Italy.

 It was about 90 degrees out and sunny the entire day. We first went to the Duomo Cathedral 

where we walked around and I lit another candle for my mom. 

We had to buy ponchos before going in because I had shorts on and Marie had a tank top on. They think it’s showing too much skin for being in a church. A lot of people had to buy these ponchos before entering. They were 2 euros. 

After we went into a few shops. I liked Florence shopping better than Milan because the stores were more unique. In Milan everything was just brand name stores. 

We got lunch at this really cute place in the middle of Florence. 

I got gnocchi that I love now, and grilled chicken over a salad. 

We got white wine like we get at every meal. 

I think I’ve drank white wine every night I have been here. We also were given lemon cello after our meal. 

This is like an after meal drink to sip on. They look like shots but they’re not. They’re just little drinks to sip on. They reminded me of lemon drops. After lunch we walked in the Palazzo Vecchio and I took some pictures. 

We did more shopping and then we went to the bridge—Ponte Vecchio. The bridge was my favorite part. It’s a bridge with all these little houses and shops on it. 

While we were taking pictures we saw a bride and groom getting their pictures taken on the bridge. 

We also met a bunch of girls from Chicago who were studying abroad in Rome. They asked us to take their picture. All the shops on the bridge were jewelry shops and they were pretty pricey. 

We did more shopping and got gelato & wine to end our Florence day. We were suppose to get the 6:25 train back but lucked out and were able to get the 5:25 back free of charge. It was a long day and we were ready to go back on the 5:25 one. We didn’t get back into Torino until 8:05 and from there we had to take the metro and the bus back to our hotel. We didn’t get back till 9:00. We ate dinner at the hotel restaurant for my final hotel meal. I got pasta with butter and saliva, potatoes and salad. 

We were excited because this morning would be the actual first time in 2 weeks we could sleep in. We have plans on going into Torino for one last final time before I leave tomorrow. We plan on going into town in the evening.