Day 4

'Amore' graffiti

Delicious Spaghetti in Florence

Rubbing the boar's nose to come back to Florence

The view of Florence on a bridge

On May 28th, day 4, we got to see the beautiful city of Florence! This was probably one of my favorite cities in Italy.  We took a train to Florence around 7:15 which lasted about two hours.  Once we got to Florence, we saw the Duomo, a gorgeous cathedral church.  It was amazing how much detail was put into it.  We stayed here for a while while our tour guide told us a lot about the history of it as well as the design.  Next, we saw Dante's house.  It was interesting to see, but hard for a lot of us to pay attention seeing as there was a gypsy following all of us for money.  Next, we saw a very interesting leather demonstration.  We learned a lot about how to tell if something is real leather or not.  Next, the group split up and went to two different museums, the Uffizzi and Academia.  I chose to go to the Uffizzi.  I walked around for about a half and hour and saw some beautiful artwork.  Kristin and I left the museum a while later and went to a very nice restaurant for lunch.  We ate some delicious salad and spaghetti (probably the best spaghetti I've ever had).  After that we had some free time for shopping.  I also made sure I rubbed the boar's nose so I'd come back t to Florence! Then we met up with a few of the other girls and I bought a few souvenirs.  Around 5:40 we took another train back to Rome to our hotel.  All of the girls went for dinner in a nice little restaurant, and ended up sitting in the basement.  I learned a lot about what to and not to order in Italy.  I ordered escallopini, thinking it would be scallops, and it ended up being veil!  Oh well, I know for next time, and it was definitely an experience! After dinner, most of the girls went to a cute little bar around the corner from the hotel.  It was interesting that it was indoors and outdoors.  The seating outside made it very nice and quaint.  We all had a really good time, and I went back a little later for some much needed rest!