Florence

Well, two days in Florence are already over. This is a very nice city; I really like it.

We took the night train from Florence to Paris, which was quite an adventure. It wasn’t the smoothest or most comfortable ride, but it was functional. And I saw the sun rise over the Tuscan countryside out of my window in the early morning hours, which was beautiful.

The first day we were there, we had to wait to check into our hotel since we arrived at 8 in the morning, so, of course, being absolutely exhausted already from not getting enough sleep on the train, we decided to climb this huge tower. It was hard, but had such a good view of the city. I really loved that. Then we went to the Bovili gardens, which was also very nice, but mostly I just lay on benches because I was so tired, haha.

We went to the two main museums, the Accademia and Uzzi-something gallery. I loved seeing the sculpture “David” by Michelangelo, and also seeing all of the themes of Italian art throughout both museums. I recognized many of the same characteristics that I saw in the Italian art section of the Louvre, so it was neat to see it all come together.

The food is AMAZING. I love pizza and pasta and gelato. Mmmmm....

We leave for Rome in the morning, and we’ll be there for three days. I’m glad I get to eat more Italian food! Oh, and I get to see ancient ruins and the Vatican and all that. :)