One hour southwest from Bologna by train to Florence. Immediately you are captured by the beauty and the buzz of the place. On a recommendation we splashed out on a dinner at a fancy restaurant on the river near the Ponte Vecchio (famous Florentine bridge). When it came time to ask for the bill ("Vorrei il Conto Perfavore") however, we learned that the californian couple that we were sitting next to and who we had a brief chat to had already paid it on their way out. Unbelievable! And they were long gone, so we didn't even get a chance to say thanks! What a nice start to our Florence experience!
We did the things in Florence you have to do, namely see Michelangelo's David and visit the Uffizi art gallery (after a 90 minute queue). David in particular was quite awesome up close. Waz walked up the 414 steps of the Santa Maria del Fiore tower (next to another of the world's largest basilicas) for some fantastic photos of Florence, while Ang nursed her tired legs from all the other stairs we had been climbing!
The highlight of the Florence leg however came the following day with a cycle through Tuscany tour. The tour was based 45 minutes out of Florence at a castle where wine is still made and a count and countess still live. The cycling took us down into the valley through olive trees and country lanes for a genuine Tuscan lunch and wine experience. In total we did around 23 km on the bikes. A fantastic day!
1 comment:
Wow how cool was it to have your dinner paid for! That will teach you for listening to your big sister! Hope you enjoyed the meal too. The bike trip looked awesome. Tuscany is cool huh. Wait till you see Rome!
Looking forward to having you both back here,
Love Caz.
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