"Not all wanderers are aimless"
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Monday April 11th ~ 80s Revival
Today was about sightseeing in Firenze, loving Italia and excited to see more. Obviously we want to go into the huge and beautiful Duomo here. Apparently we weren't the only ones with this plan as there was a lengthy line wrapping around the people-filled plaza. We stood in the awesome warm sunshine reminissing about freshman year of college and all the nutters and drama of Hess Hal. We, and the people in line with us, presumed we were entering the Duomo to walk around and stare up at the pretty ceiling. Upon entering we went through a turnstile directly leading to some very narrow steep concrete spiraling stairs...460 steps to be exact. If we had eaten only a few more tapas in Spain there would be no way we could fit in this spiral staircase. We guess the Italians were pretty literal as entering the Duomo meant actually being inside of the dome structure itself looking out at the entire city and the Tuscan hillside beyond. If you ever go to Florence, this is well worth the climb! We stayed up there for at least an hour admiring the sorbet collided buildings with their terra-cotta tiled roofs and the white tents of the markets below. Back on solid ground after a seriously scary climb down all of these stairs, we decided it was market time. Jenny temporarily forgot we have no room in our backpacks or money and bought enough for both of us today. Florence is known for it's quality leather so we were in purse heaven. Beer time led us to a random Irish pub for a pint as we jammed out to the awesome mix of 80's tunes blaring inside. Thanks to Spain siesta time now follow beer time so we made our way back to Plus Florence for a little snooze before going to the restaurant patio for some pasta and a bottle of wine (free thanks to Gustavo! Italians seem to be totally okay with giving things away and we don't mind it one bit!). We talked to Sam about her day wining in Chiani as part of a tour and we decided to add this to our Italy to do list. We are reallyyy digging Florence so we booked another night in our hostel before bed so that we could enjoy more of this Firenze living tomorrow. Boring blog post, but a most delightful and enchanting day. Florence is our shit yo! We are really needing our pictures to describe all of the great things we are seeeing and doing here but we dont have the time or means to upload them. Sorry guys!
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