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Florence Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Florence, Italy
Mangiare, Pregare, Amare
... . Like the Vatican's Cupola, I was able to climb to the top of the Duomo and see all of Firenze. Unfortunately, the weather in Florence was not that great---cold and rainy--but the city was still beautiful from the top of the dome. The next day we saw the ...
The Beginning of Tuscany
We got into Florence only after minimal confusion in the Venice train station. Florence in Italian is Firenze, so this caused us to scratch our heads for a bit before we actually realized Firenze was our destination. Our pensione was very conviniently ...
Leather, leather everywhere
After departing San Gimignano, we continued our drive toward Florence. Knowing what a nightmare traffic would be in Florence we opted to park our car on the outskirts of town overnight and take the tram into Florence. We did have to navigate some of the ...
3 Bars, 4 hours
... , lime, ginger-ale, and brown sugar). So due to the fact the bar was packed, we took our drinks outside and walked (yes, in Italy you're allowed to walk outside with open drinks, etc) over to the stairs of the Duomo and sat down to people watch. We bonded ...
Into the Tuscan Sun.....no seriously......
We hiked into the Tuscan sun just like the movie but BETTER!!!!! So we stayed just outside Florence in a campsite in Tuscany, it was beautiful. We did the typical tourist things in Florence like seeing Ponte Vecchio and Michilangelo's David which was all ...
Florence, Part I
... either covered with paintings or reliefs or both. You couldn't take pictures inside, but I snapped a few secretly. Florence is known as the birthplace of Renaissance, and the Palazzo was full of Renaissance paintings. It was pretty ...
Le Balze
Went running in the hills with the boys today. Oh. My. God. Those Italians are skinny for a REASON ...
David's central feature causes dads' unease.
... going to stop us. We took one of those double decker buses up to a small town out beyond the fringe of Florence called Fiesole. This town, a favorite among visitors to Florence, sits at a bit higher elevation with significant history dating all the way ...
Florence
Florence - what to say that will do it justice? We got there the first night and settled into the hotel. I immediately starting calling to make reservations for the Uffizi Museum, with no luck. Oh well....I can make it tomorrow because the trip is going ...
Arrivederci Roma...Hello Flo!
... So...(you knew it was coming)...Arrivederci Roma! The EuroStar (super duper fast bullet train per Rick Steves) carried us to Florence and gave us "bella" views of the Tuscan countryside. Arriving at the Santa Maria Novella train station, we grabbed a ...
florence
... of some sort of crazy person - my mind is not working for the words that i really want to describe things. otherwise florence has been relaxing. going out at night to the plazas and watching the entertainment of the busking which got hudge crowds of ...
Kyle is in Italy
So we picked up cousin Kyle from Pisa airport, headed into the city to see the famous Leaning Tower, then headed across to Florence to a brilliant campsite overlooking the city. We headed into the city early to check out the sites and sounds and then ...
We made it to Ferenze
After our pleasant 21/2 hour ride on the speed train, we arrived in beautiful Florence. Taxis are all lined up to the left of the train station. You stand in line for your turn for the next cab. After only a few minutes we are off to the Oltrarno side ...
To the Swiss Alps We Go!
... a 90% chance of rain all day and we didn’t want to risk getting caught up in it, so we decided to just stay in Florence instead. I want to try and go sometime before I leave though! We slept in, which was much needed after the busy weekend, and then ...
Three days in Italy...
... I am back at the College after a nice weekend in Florence. On Friday we were excused from classes to go on the AIFS excursion to Florence, Italy. We left by bus for Florence at 9AM, and arrived around 5 after a brief stop in Pisa to see the leaning tower ...
First weekend in florence
... Instead we decided to get on a bus and we ended up in Fiesole. It's a cute little mountain town 10 minutes north of florence. It was breathtaking!! (I didn't have my camera so I will add pictures next time I visit.) We found a mountain road and hiked ...
Mexican Restaurant, Soccer, and the Theatre!
... much fun and the Italians are definitely VERY into soccer, even a friendly match (although it was special because Italy hadn't played in the Florence stadium in 13 years!!) Matthew: Hey guys, hope you enjoyed Nicole's novel...anyway, the soccer ...
Delightful Florence
Clem says: Hotel Medici turned out to be very close to the Duomo, and from our fifth floor room, we had uninterrupted views of Michelangelo´s handsome terracotta dome. In fact, I had to restrain Nathan from actually testing whether we were ...
Genius and Art centre of the world!
... 'd be frustrated, it’s that slow, but it's also nice if you can get into a kind of lazy frame of mind. I much proffered Florence in the evening when it was much less busy. After a short stroll we went for dinner, again to a place off the ...
Bohemium Lifestyles
... a problem much to the amusment of Ian as usual was totally unaware that anything was going on. We finally made it to Florence early evening and found our hotel after a little wander up and down a street luckily it was close to the train station and ...
Florence
... I met there were some of the best I’ve met on my trip so far. I can guarantee that I wouldn’t have enjoyed Florence as much if I hadn’t got with this group. Italy is off to a good start. Still no Australians though. Its ...
Statues in Florence
Thursday 16th February continued... We got the 2 hour train to Florence (which went smoothly thank goodness) and found our way to our hostel which is in a fantastic location but is fairly dodgy like the last one with a 5 hour lockout to 'clean', ie. ...
Is it wrong to be attracted to a piece of marble?
... a bigger place where there are a ton of pepople from everywhere and it's super easy to make friends. Tomorrow we are leaving wonderful florence and heading on to venice with a quick stop in pisa to see the leaning tower as apparently there isnt much else ...
Florence - Italy
... and Gelati. We visited Michelangelo and Galilao's tombs. i didn't see the statue of David, but i have decided that I will return to Florence before i head back to Oz.We spent the night at camp, we ate at the restaurant, drank wine and were merry. The next ...
Feeling More Adjusted Now!
... really fun the last couple of days. We live right across the street from Campo di Marte, which is the home of the Florence Soccer team's stadium, a huge track (my favorite!) and a baseball field. We're so excited to go to a soccer game ...
Cropdusting Florence
... it but it was still funny. We all got back to Lauren's and were planning on going to Space Nightclub that night, Florence's top club. Unfortunately, some of the girls we were with drank a little too much and were messes all night so we never ...
Floating In Florence
Although I didn't find Florence as interesting as Venice there were a few exciting things. On our way to Florence we made a few stops along the way. The first at Lake Garda. The town surprisingly reminded me a lot like Naples, Florida. Our next stope ...