Wednesday, December 21, 2011

3 days in Florence


 
 Florence and Pisa

Santa Maria Del Fiore
DAY 3 : PALAZZO VECHCHIO, UFFIZI GALLERY

We had taken a night train from Venice to Florence.Our hotel in Florence was at a walking distance from the station - thanks to Rick Steves for the very-well-thought advice. We were in the city where Renaissance as the world knows of, started. 
We did all the typical things-to-do and hit almost all the places-to-see as mentioned in the numerous blogs and articles and videos I had studied for my preparation for the Italy trip. On our first day, we went to the Palace Vechchio, Uffizi gallery ( I remember the very long line to enter the gallery, the 10 euro guide book we bought near the entrance which helped us to appreciate all the magnificient masterpieces inside), lazed around at the Ufizzi square, attended an evening choir in Italian inside the Santa Maria Del Fiore cathedral.

Gold carvings by Michaelangelo

DAY 4 : PISA, SAN LORENZO, PONTE VECHCHIO

The second day, we took a train from Florence to Piza, and then a bus from outside the station to the grounds of the Leaning tower of Pisa.It was suggested to spend the 15 euro to climb the leaning tower but we didnt. I remember how we wanted to take a photo together with the tower, and had sought out a very fat man for help. He had such a big belly, he could not sit low enough to take the picture, and the tip was cut off :) 

Leaning Tower of Pisa

In the evening, once back in Florence, we went over to the Ponte Vecchio bridge we had seen before from the Uffizi gallery. It was the only surviving old bridges which housed the very old dingy merchant shops. They were primarily gold shops. No we did not buy gold in Italy, but we did buy a (real) leather bag from the San Lorenzo market.

Ponte Vecchio 

DAY 5: IL DUOMO, PITTI PALACE

On the third day, we went inside the Santa Maria Del Fiore cathedral in the morning, and in the evening explored Pitti gardens.

Pitti Palace gardens



The third night, we had left for Rome. Rome was 4 hours away.


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