San Lorenzo market Florence

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After scintillating you with my tales of Roman adventure on the first half of my trip to Italy with my sister, I shall continue on to our stay in Florence and the conclusion of our Italian tour. But first, I must share this awesome piece of artwork that we came across on the street on the way to catch our train …

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Last weekend two of my friends and I traveled to Florence. Our train was at 7:15 in the mornin' so we had to get up at 4:30 in order to catch it. The train ride was very interesting because every time you looked out the window there was a different landscape. One minute we would be going through a rural town in the …

March 16:


1) So we arrive in my absolute favorite city in the world (after the Rome train experience that I described earlier) and I told Bridget that the place we are staying at is one of the BEST B&B's in florence….which will be worth the 40 minute walk through cobble-stone streets. …

I am quickly falling in love with this beautiful country! My trips into Florence seem to be a daily occurrence, and I am perfectly all right with that. This past week has been a whirlwind, but I am gradually becoming more adjusted to life in Italy. Robbie took us into Florence for the first time on our first Sunday afternoon here. We visited The …

The very initial plan was to head to, because we wanted to check Space, the Prada outlet, out. However, we decided against it because there wasn't even enough time for Florence alone.

We went to the Central Market for the famous Lampredotto at Nerborne. Really really good! I had cow stomach before but this has to be one of the best ways …

... art visit the Giardino di Boboli (Boboli Gardens). They are beautiful and very relaxing. Or pay a visit to the SAN LORENZO MARKET for a great shopping deals.   One trip I always make while being in Florence is visiting Pisa. ...

... ;B for the bags and the train. Florence was cloudy when we arrived. Found our way to the hostel through the San Lorenzo market. Settled down before going to the Accademia. Saw Michelangelo's unfinished Slaves and the three persons tall David. Could not ...

... I didn't get to mention that Erin and decided to go shopping after we had breakfast! Erin and I made out way out to the San Lorenzo Market located past the Duomo, thats all we knew. So when we came up on the beginning of stalls we knew we were in the ...

... 't imagine doing it in the summer with the crowds and heat. Glad we were able to do it now. Santa Croce and San Lorenzo Market, Mercato Nouvo (to some known as the Straw Market)  and Yellow Bar, Trattoria Marione's and Dante's Leather Factory. ...

... water started coming through the pipes. Tim and the children ventured out late morning to meet up with the Emanuels at the San Lorenzo market for lunch.  The market was full of fresh produce and they enjoyed a local meal there before stocking up for ...

... for the women that they love. It is the day of the woman. Cory was so thoughtful and bought some flowers for me in San Lorenzo Market place on our way to San Lorenzo Old and New Sacristy where we are going to see Michelangelo's Day and night ...

... n' dry. The nice thing about tourist spots is there are a lot of Americans to chat it up with. We went to the San Lorenzo market to look for leather coats because I swore that would be my big purchase but I hate the bargaining and suave guys being sweet ...

... getting settled in, Kris and I of course hit the streets. We couldn't have had a better location with the famous San Lorenzo market just downstairs and the Duomo around the corner. We spent our 2 days in Florence roaming around, seeing the sights and ...

... lines of, "can you paint me a lavish 'Jesus on the Cross' design for the Drawing Room....." I wandered back through the San Lorenzo Market area. By a little after 4pm it is getting dark here in Firenze. I stopped for a slice of Firenze's finest ...

... casts of bronzes and sculptures were not as impressive and certainly not as well known. We spent time in the San Lorenzo Market getting lunch and then wandering around the leather market and later the Uffizi gift shop getting a few Christmas presents. ...