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Muggy Day in Florence
... about the Boboli Gardens ticket is that it also includes admission to the Costume Gallery, The Porcelain Museum, The Barbini Gardens and the Treasures Room. It doesn't look like you can just do the gardens, but it's a nice bonus if you have time. There's also some neat fountains, one of which even has a bench you can sit on and not get wet it rains due to the amount of leaves and trees that are over it.
Tonight we headed out for Bistecca ...
La Bella Firenze: The Start of My Solo Traveling
... my hostel, searching for a grocery store. I walked around for an hour and a half, finding myself in the suburbs and nowhere near the center of the city or near a grocery store. Frustrated and hungry, I stopped by an ATM to withdraw some money. My dad had sent me my debit card in the mail from America, and somewhere in the process, it got slightly bent. Well, the machine gave me my 50 euro, but completely swallowed my card. I was really upset and walked into the bank and ...
Gelato and the Fake David
... It was really very pretty, especially as it started getting darker, though our cameras struggled with taking photos so we made a plan to come back the following day. As we were walking away a man approached me and said to me, "show me your finger". I immediately thought, this guys a nut job and he's going to cut off my finger. He said it again but this time showed me the string he was holding in his hands (I, being the blind person that I am, didn't notice ...
Day 21 - Florence Italy - A guided tour
... it came at 6.” Anne showed me the card that we got from the hotel. 18:30 it said. Shoot. Now here we are at the National Library, not my favorite part of town, and we’ve got half and hour to kill.
We had a brief discussion concerning the nature of gelato and it’s appropriateness for the level of hunger I was experiencing, after which Anne and Katie walked over to a gelato restaurant across the street. I saw a little lighted sign of a fish, ...
Ahhh Firenze!
... rooms (by European standards). Service was outstanding.
Our favorite day of this trip was the excursion to Cinque Terre! We would recommend everyone try aand take this excursion while visiting Florence. The scenery is sooo beautiful that we have made our photos into canvas prints that now hang on the walls in our home!
Also, other good side trips:Siena and San Gimignano! Both beautiful and unique!
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