Saturday, September 09, 2006
5 Sep, 06
A day in Florence
Cock- a –doodle - doo! That is the first sound of the day. We drove to Florence, it only took about 30 minutes to get there. We parked on the outskirts of the city and walked in. I had been to Florence previously and did not recognize much. I think it is a city that looks very different in the Winter and the Summer. We walked around trying to get orientated with the place and eventually realized that it was time for lunch. We got to a very popular Italian kitchen called ‘Marios’ and it was really authentic Italian.Very funky, simple, well-priced and quick. We had two delicious pastas, some vino and headed for the Academia where the famous ‘David” stands. There was a queue but it did go fairly quickly. The whole town is flooded with art and the Piazzas are really pretty too. A walk to the Piazzole Michael Angelo is worth it, the views of the city are really good from here. You have to stop at the oldest bridge in Florence although it is crowded with tourists but we managed to sneak a photo of the river Arno. We had an ice-cream at Vivaldo, apparently the best ice-cream in Florence. Well, that was not so great because firstly we spent 20 minutes trying to find the place, then I got Richards’ big cup and I really wanted a cone, and he got my small cup and he wanted a bigger one. We both were not very happy! Quite funny actually. We got back to our abode just in time for a beautiful sunset and vino at the pool and a dinner on the patio.
A day in Florence
Cock- a –doodle - doo! That is the first sound of the day. We drove to Florence, it only took about 30 minutes to get there. We parked on the outskirts of the city and walked in. I had been to Florence previously and did not recognize much. I think it is a city that looks very different in the Winter and the Summer. We walked around trying to get orientated with the place and eventually realized that it was time for lunch. We got to a very popular Italian kitchen called ‘Marios’ and it was really authentic Italian.Very funky, simple, well-priced and quick. We had two delicious pastas, some vino and headed for the Academia where the famous ‘David” stands. There was a queue but it did go fairly quickly. The whole town is flooded with art and the Piazzas are really pretty too. A walk to the Piazzole Michael Angelo is worth it, the views of the city are really good from here. You have to stop at the oldest bridge in Florence although it is crowded with tourists but we managed to sneak a photo of the river Arno. We had an ice-cream at Vivaldo, apparently the best ice-cream in Florence. Well, that was not so great because firstly we spent 20 minutes trying to find the place, then I got Richards’ big cup and I really wanted a cone, and he got my small cup and he wanted a bigger one. We both were not very happy! Quite funny actually. We got back to our abode just in time for a beautiful sunset and vino at the pool and a dinner on the patio.
# posted by Heidi & Richard's travels @ 1:52 PM 
