Florence Travel Blogs - Page 6

At 6.45 AM we woke up by the hotel telephone. I am not amused! They call it wake-up call, I rather prefer to call it wake up shocked call. After a nice shower we're having breakfast. The Italian bread is not my favorite. It's tough, dry, salt-free bread. So I fill my stomach with toast and cake. At…

On day three we were still in Florence. Above is a picture of the Duomo. In pictures and what we'd read of it it is supposedly really beautiful. I mean it looks nice but when you see it in person it looks really green and pink. Its an odd looking place. We were going to go inside of it (cause i…

(cont'd...) We did not make it to the Leaning Tower of Pisa (Torre); however, in Florence, we able to appreciate the breathtaking view from Michelangelo's plaza (Piazalle). All the while we thought the Pisa Tower was within the city of Florence, this wasn't the case, which we fo…

Pictures:  http://goodfarmerchen.smugmug.com/gallery/2906301 So getting to Florence was quite an adventure. High winds prevented my small Lufthansa plane from landing, so we circled to a nearby airport only to find we were unable to land there as well. After flying about an extra hour or…

Could I myself believe that finally seeing Michelangelo's David was real?  We stood in line for hours, as the Roma attempted to get away with our belongings.  As we were finally escorted into the Galleria Accademia, I spied the giant at the end of the corridor.  At least 15 feet tall…

Liz, Gemma and myself are going to see all the nicest bits of France and Italy--Bon Voyage!

Today we had classes and of course I had every single one. I was in class from 8 to 1!!! Classes are going well so far...nothing too stressful! After classes we had lunch, then Nikki, Allison, Andrew and I went into Florence to do some shopping at the San Lorenzo market. I got some shirts and a …

Florence was amazing! We spent most of the day a few blocks from the Duomo.  We shopped and just walked around all day! It was such a wonderful day! We had the best pizza ever at the little bitty resteraunt, we each got an entire pizza to ourselves, which we werent expecting, but enjoyed nonet…

Today was the day for a visit to Florence. I had heard and read so much about Florence that for years I said if there was one place in Italy I wanted to visit, Florence was it. As it turned out, we didn't give it the time it deserved and the weather conspired against us. We agreed to go by train an…

Tuesday. It got hot again in the room during the night. J throws covers off at 3am. Later it cools again a bit. Had a Huge big scrambled egg breakfast upstairs rooftop eating room. Again, a ham and cheese sandwich somehow falls into our pockets, and an apple too! Raining hard. We relax and later I …

You might be overwhelmed by the amount of things to see and do in Florence...and rightfully so!  Just give yourself enough time and soak it all in.  Since Florence is the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance, the art is nothing short of incredible!  The Uffizi Gallery is considered …

Italy has so much to offer. Backpacking in Europe will not be complete without going through this great country

My best friend ever came to visit me in Rome, but all we wanted to do was go to Slovenia. Along the way we stopped at some towns to train for entering Slovenia. We learned to see towns in absurdly short periods of time, to see towns at ridiculous times of day (5 AM)!!, to take regional trains and bus transport without knowing anything about it.

Venice, Florence, & Rome

I admit, today was pretty uneventful. But that's really ok considering the past few days I've had in Florence.I woke up late today and barely made it to class. It was mediocre, and almost immediately afterwards we had an appointment at the Bargello, the national sculpture museum for Italy. Some of …