We said goodbye to Venice on Jan. 1st. It was a wonderful start to our vacation, but it was time to move on. Next stop was Florence!
We found out that Florence's real, Italian name (Firenze) bears almost no resemblance to it's English translation when we couldn't find it in the "destinations" section of the self-service ticket counter in Venice. But thanks to a helpful, English speaking counter lady, we got our tickets and headed that way. Don't I look excited?
for New Year's is beyond me.
I knew that a lot of famous people had lived in or were born in Florence. The list is quite impressive actually. Dante, Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, Leonardo di Vinci, Machiavelli, Galileo, and Florence Nightingale.
There are many very famous museums to see in Florence with the most widely known being the Accademia, home to Michelangelo's David. But honestly, I didn't really care to see it and I don't think Lane did either. So instead, we just wandered around the city, seeing it's numerous towers, nice river with pretty bridges, and expensive shops. We spent a couple of hours resting in a cafe and then had a wonderful dinner that night in the McDonald's in the train station before heading back to Rome. Enjoy a few shots of Florence.
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i wanted to wake up so early so we could have more time together... and so i could have cute pictures of you sleeping! :)
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