We are currently in Florence, tomorrow leaving for my favorite city of Verona...But first as to our adventures in the old, one time capital of Italy. We got here on Monday night after a treacherous ride from Salerno. It takes an hour bus ride from Amalfi back to Salerno where we took the Eurostar to Florence. After getting here we walked around and had dinner, saw things as the sun was setting, and then proceeded to catch up on some must needed rest. I went to bed at 9, and tino followed at 10...we were like old people! lol...
On Tuesday we got up really early and bought tickets for the big, red touristy bus, which of course we couldn't help but laugh at ourselves for. We went to Piazzale Michelangelo, where we saw the entire city from the fake David, then we took the bus to Fiesole on the opposite side. What I love about Fiesole is that it had a love/hate relationship with Florence, conquering and being conqured by Florence, however no one ever talks about my favorite part. Fiesole is where Machiavelli was banished after letters were discovered where he tried to take down the Medici family. This is also the place where he wrote his most famous work "The Prince". While most research suggests that Machiavelli wrote this to explain to leaders, but most importantly the Medici, on how to rule with fear and not love, I believe that his book was indeed a writing on how to tear down the Medicis from the get-go. Of course, this is what my paper is on this summer, so I was like a kid in the candy store when we were in Fiesole. After lunch we took the bus back home to recharge the camera, and then headed to see the real David. After waiting in a relatively short line we went through the museum, where we saw a bunch of people getting yelled at for taking illegal picutres. After this, we both started to feel a bit under-the-weather so we headed home. Luckily we did, because I had food poisoning and tino's sinus infection was doing some damage. We then just spent the rest of the night at the hostel.
Today was productive. We went to the Duomo, and the rest of the map that we deemed we wanted to see before we left this huge city. The funniest part of this trip however has to be Tino's bag. Like I said earlier, his wheel was burned when we got to Amalfi because of all the off road terrain we had to delve through. THEN, when we got to Florence, his zipper barely opened, and it looked like it would never close again. After ripping it open, we decided that his luggage was history. So, today we bought a huge suitcase from this gypsy woman on the street for really cheap. I know we're going to have to pay ginourmous amounts to get these bags on RyanAir, but oh well. Only 4 more days in ITALY!!!! Tomorrow we get up to head to Verona, where I did my undergrad study abroad experience. So needless to say I'm a bit excited for the next two days, and then Venice after that! Stay tuned for more updates in the future!
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