The train ride from Venice to Florence was quite the adventure. First off, we missed our train in the morning. We rescheduled, luckily for no charge, on a train that left 4 hours later. Once we finally got into Florence, we missed our stop. We thought the train would stop at the main station, it didn't. We rode the train 30 minutes past Florence and had to catch another train back. We ended up getting in town at 6PM instead of noon, our original time. Oops.
Once we got settled into the hotel, we went out for to see whatever we could within a few blocks of the hotel and then went to dinner.
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| Duomo |
Tuesday morning we woke up and and headed out with a map and some sights to see within the city. Florence is very famous for its art and museums. We saw none of that. Given that we only had one day in the city, we didn't want to wait in line all day for a single museum. Instead, Mike, Lucas, and myself decided to break from the rest of the group and go to the Boboli Gardens. This is another Italian Renaissance garden. Very interesting for me as a landscape architect. I really enjoyed it. A lot of similarities to some of the other gardens we have visited. After the Boboli we went to Piazzale Michaelangelo which is the highest point in the city. Incredible panorama views from the top. That pretty much sums up our day other than walking through the streets and visiting some of the famous leather and jewelry vendors.
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| Ponte Vecchio |
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| Italian countryside from Boboli Gardens |
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| the Boboli Gardens |
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| View from Piazzale Michealangelo |
Wednesday morning, we woke up and caught the 11:00 train back to Rome. No issues getting home. Another great trip exploring outside of Rome. It's amazing how different every place that I have been to so far is. Makes things extremely interesting.
Tuesday morning we woke up and and headed out with a map and some sights to see within the city. Florence is very famous for its art and museums. We saw none of that. Given that we only had one day in the city, we didn't want to wait in line all day for a single museum. Instead, Mike, Lucas, and myself decided to break from the rest of the group and go to the Boboli Gardens. This is another Italian Renaissance garden. Very interesting for me as a landscape architect. I really enjoyed it. A lot of similarities to some of the other gardens we have visited. After the Boboli we went to Piazzale Michaelangelo which is the highest point in the city. Incredible panorama views from the top. That pretty much sums up our day other than walking through the streets and visiting some of the famous leather and jewelry vendors.
Wednesday morning, we woke up and caught the 11:00 train back to Rome. No issues getting home. Another great trip exploring outside of Rome. It's amazing how different every place that I have been to so far is. Makes things extremely interesting.
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