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Day 10: Florence
... that didn't stop Mom, Dad, Tom and me from walking around the whole city while CJ worked on some schoolwork. We had a late start because we putzed around the apartment a bit and Mom and Dad found a cool market where they bought us some food for the next few days. When we ventured out, we walked out to Ponte Vecchio again (can't get enough of that bridge!) and over to the other side, where we had lunch, wine, and the first cannoli of the trip. We continued along the Arno River ...
A city of Class and sophistication!
... the coffee shop. The Kiwi's/Aussies had well directed us. The coffee was great and we got a good view too!
They had also suggested to check out the local council building and to climb the clock tower.. I was pretty keen but Simon wasn't as it was going to cost 8.50euro.. so Simon went off to find a Natural history museum which he had read about on trip advisor while I climbed the tower. The view wasnt THAT great from the top as the walls at ...
The original David, and a Garden walk
... qualities of form proves to be a little difficult. ;-) I had a quick penne al pomodoro at a nearby osteria before walking to the Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens. This next place was almost a couple miles away, just south of the Arno river. I love all the exercise I'm getting here! The Giardini Boboli (Boboli Gardens) is incredibly vast and quite peaceful. At 11 acres large, it contains sculptures dating back to the 16th century. Constructed in 1550 for the wife of one of ...
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... was in 10 mins, so we sped to the train station and he got out and helped us figure out tickets quickly. We were sprinting to our train right as it pulled away, so we had to wait an hour for the next one, but hey, it could have been much worse. I was actually preparing myself to stay in a hotel in Cortona for the night thinking we were never going to get a taxi or we were going to miss the last train back to Florence. It was quite an adventure, to say the least! It was our roommates ...
La Notte Bianca
... to say I was a part of such a huge celebration. Since it was such a huge event classes were cancelled the next day so we got to catch up on all the lost sleep from the night before. I guess it was supposed to be their version of Labor Day, but they took it above and beyond what we do and it made American look like we do nothing.
Midway through the week I had a rehearsal for the fashion/art show Lorenzo De Medici puts on for the students and the people of ...