Piazza de Signoria Florence

For anyone concerned about the accuracy of a blog commenced a week into a trip, I can vouch for its validity…

Immediately after arriving in Florence, I went on a pre-booked tour of the city. Through random chance and circumstance, I ended up being the sole participant. The guide was an engaging (very) American woman called Jane and …

We walked SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH today.

First, we woke and joined another visitor here at the breakfast table in the back yard area. It was so nice and set up so sweetly by Fabio. The napkin holder was a kitty hugging the napkin. There was coffee and hot tea, heated by tea light candles, cereal and milk, fresh fruit, bread, croissants, cheese …

le samedi 4 mai 2013

Aujourd'hui, c'est une journée de transition. Nous quittons Rome afin de nous rendre en Florence (Firenze). Je dois admettre que le système de transport en commun italien est impressionnant. Nous quittons notre appartement avec nos valises pour prendre le métro du Colisée à Termini; un trajet très simple! Une fois …

The best piece of advice that I can give, when visiting the museums of Florence, is to reserve your tickets. I cannot tell you how many sad, angry and overheated people I saw waiting in line at both the Academia and Uffizi galleries. Why are they queuing up for hours? I don't know. I cannot see any good reason why anyone is still waiting to get in …

One last day of touring Florence - one more day for the city to prove to us that there is a good reason why we should like it here more than anywhere else. With so many tourists EVERYWHERE and so many sites costing us so much money, neither Mario nor I have been completely sold on the idea of Florence as the city to see in Italy. Our current theory …

Yesterday morning, I had noticed that I had a new blemish on my face which I initially thought was just a pimple. As it would turn out, it was a mosquito bite and I had somehow been bitten around 15 times during the night. Nearing the end of our Tuscany tour, they started to get really itchy and some of them were really swollen. Having survived …

... . The most famous naked dude in town is without a doubt Michaelangelo's 'David', which he finished around 1504. It sat outside in Piazza de Signoria until 1873, so that's not a bad run. It was just getting too dominated by the weather, so it had to ...

... - gallery Most other main galleries closed today due to a strike Santa Croce - covered in scaffolding Piazza de Signoria, Loggia,Pallazo Vecchio Strozzi Palace also under scaffolding Pizza & capucchino for lunch near Cathedral Leather factory & ...

...  We thought about jumping into another museum, but Kyle was tired...or as we say "done".  So, wee rested at Piazza de Signoria next to some statues.  We people watched and just relaxed for about an hour. This piazza is huge. ...

... the cathedral is a separate bell tower, housing the church bells. After the Duomo, we went to the Piazza de Signoria, the original square in Florence where Michelangelo's David was originally displayed.  They have replicas there now of the David, ...

... it was fun to climb another dome and take photos at the top. When we got back down, we walked toward the Piazza de Signoria which contains many copies of famous sculptures (including David). We relaxed a bit and Tyler harassed the pigeons. He even found ...

... street to take snapshots and bumping into you.  We tempted fate by trying to find a shady place to sit in the Piazza de Signoria, big mistake.   Reason 1: benches do not exist in the touristic side of town;  the only seating is at ...