March 5 – March 6
We checked out of our hostel in the morning and walked to the trains station where I had my first nervous fit of the trip. Our train was not showing up on the departure board, the only train at the time our tickets said was for Milan, luckily we found a board and realized that Florence is one of the stops on the way to Milan, so we were able to board and get on our train, but not without a moment of panic. When we arrived in Florence, the owner of the B&B we stayed in, Leonardo, was waiting for us and walked us to where we were staying. After we unpacked we went to the lobby where he got a map and planned out what we should do for the afternoon. Florence is not as big of a city as I expected and we were able to cover the city in the afternoon. We walked to the Duomo, Piazza della Signoria, Ponte Veccho and walked by the Medici House (Plazzo Pitta) and the Basilica di Santa Croce. While were walking around I found a store named Edison, appropriately enough it was a bookstore (for all the reading my mom and sister do). We had dinner and went out for delicious Tiramisu!
The next morning we woke up to sun and warm weather and enjoyed a nice lunch outside before walking to the Plaza de Michelangelo. The plaza is at the top of a hill and we had to walk up a bunch of stairs before reaching the top, but the view was totally worth it. A common theme for this trip is that in every city thus far I have climbed to the top of a building or in this case a hill and had a spectacular view of the city. After climbing back down, we went and saw the original David statue which in reality is not life size like I thought it would be, but actually really big. Since it was Sunday, we went to mass inside the Duomo, it was all in Italian and I was not really able to understand anything except for a few words here and there, but it was such a unique experience. After mass, we went back to dinner and then back to our room to pack for Venice!
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