Piazza della Repubblica Florence

My walk across the bridge this morning was the longest walk I took the 4 weeks I called Florence home. I appreciated the walk that I took over that bridge 5 or 6 times each day but this morning there was a different emotion that joined me. I spent 10 minutes taking in the sights and sounds that surrounded me. It is a view that I will miss and …

Florence is right up there at the top of our "favorite places" list. Such a beautiful city, with a surprise around every corner. Our favorite way of getting around the city was to walk. You see more that way!
We were always pleased with the many meals we had at local cafes and restaurants hidden down the narrow streets.

The Westin is …

Another full, and fun, week in Florence!

Since Thursday's are the last day of class, we decided to go and do a little shopping. We decided to go the poor student route, and headed over to Zara in Piazza Della Republica. I had read about a famous restaurant there called Il Giubbo Rosso, so we stopped for some pre-shopping snacks.It turns …

Yesterday, we headed straight for the train station and took an express train to Florence. We ate lunch atop a department store in Piazza Republica, and went inside the Duomo. In the afternoon, we walked around the San Lorenzo Market and bought some leather goods. Today, we went to the Uffizi Gallery and saw many famous Medieval and Renaissance …

My mother's maiden name is Elvira Maddelena Moriconi, so with rich Italian roots like that, it was natural that we supported Italy in their semi-final match against Germany on Thursday night in Euro 2012. We had expected to find many restaurants in Florence with screens for the game, but the Florentines are clearly not as into football as the rest …

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 …

Salve! So after a few hours of sleep, I woke up and got ready for the day! I'd like to start off by saying that my shower is super weird. I kind of have to stand in a corner of the bathroom with a curtain semi wrapped around the kind-of-corner and then maneuver around so that one of the 5 poorly aimed streams of water actually hits somewhere on my …

Bonjourno! Today has been an extremely busy, fun-filled day. We left the hotel at 8 AM and returned from a late evening at 12:30 AM. The day started with breakfast in the lobby where we enjoyed fresh fruit (sweet watermelon, apricot slices, kiwi, and oranges); pastries; deli meat and cheeses; eggs; and much more.

We then traveled by foot …

Monday, July 12, 2010 – Florence

Here we go, fourth trip across the Atlantic. How lucky am I? As I sit here on the flight from Chicago to Brussels, watching the sunrise over the clouds, I realize what an amazing journey this is going to be. Already, I have been impressed by the areal beauty of Des Moines when we first took off, the …

We got into Florence early afternoon and walked around with a tour guide to see the Duomo, outside the Uffizi gallery, the Loggia dei Lanzi museum (outdoor statue museum) and the statue of David. Florence is absolutly full of statues of people. We saw statues of well known people such as Gallilio to statues representing battles and then just plain …

... when we (eventually) escape does she start to feel the vibe of Firenze. We checked into our Hotel Pendini in the Piazza della Repubblica and then hit the city center. We started with physical activity: climbed the Duomo (one of the most awesome "high" ...

... original place of the famous statue).   On through the streets (past some MEGA rats) passing through the arch of the Piazza della Repubblica.    We carried on to the Duomo by which time it was dark, but not a problem as the cathedral was ...

... feel like a real city - the buildings and archictecture were just so gorgeous!  Nick and I had a fabulous hotel in Piazza della Repubblica, right in the centre of things! (This roughing it is really killing me...REALLY!)  We explored the city, ...

... I studied abroad in Florence there was a theatre that sometimes featured movies in English... Odeon, it was called, near the Piazza della Repubblica. Oh-- we almost forgot the pear ravioli restaurant! All he had to go on was the name, La Giostra. That ...

... we turned the other way out the front door passing fancy designer stores that lined the route to the very grand Piazza della Repubblica. Our attention was immediately caught by the antique Merry-go-Round lighting up the square. While Mum was starry ...

... en otro post) y a la tarde recorrí un poco más de Florencia y pasé por la iglesia de Santa Maria Novella y por la Piazza della repubblica, con su arco del triunfo. El tercer y último día fuí a la Galería della'Accademia, ví el David de Miguel ...

... Florence on our first morning. It was a good starting point and it gave us a solid appreciation of Florence's evolution as a city. We started at Piazza della Repubblica, now an area home to a number of chic and expensive caffes it is the medieval heart ...

... see them. Then I headed down the Via Dei Calzaioli which is lined with shops, including heaps of gelatarias. I saw the Piazza della Repubblica, Orsanmichele Church and ended up at the Piazza della Signoria. Right in front of the Palazzo Vecchio was the ...

... sugar issue but I was really having too much fun. Refueled, I decided to check out the market stalls just down from Piazza della Repubblica again - this was where I had been non-plussed the day before. Yeah, dropped some Euro there too! I don't remember ...

... finished negotiating with the stallholders, we were all hungry and desperate for the loo. About two blocks away is the Piazza della Repubblica and La Rinascente department store, where there are free toilets all the way up on the fourth floor. Feeling ...