We left a rainy Rome to a rainy Florence. It is still so beautiful though! Our hotel won't let us check in for another two hours so we are still in a cafe sipping cappuccino and eating croissants! And! Ryan is actually sipping the cappuccino haha! Normally he hates coffee! I swear I refuse to spend money on anything besides plain coffee unless I'm here, it is out of this world!
When we can finally go to our hotel, we can get all cute and explore...
After we checked in to this super cute B&B - Locanda die Ciompi (very nice, helpful, and so close to the main attractions) we set out and went right to the Piazzale Michaelangeo which is up on a hill and over looks the entire city! We were so lucky because as we left the hotel, the rain stopped so we got some amazing sunny pictures! A short walk to the ponte vecchio we got to see all of the jewelry shops and the gold! So much gold! Next was a stop at my favorite place, the plazzo vecchio where there are about 15 marble statues that are so massive they make people look about two feet tall. My favorite is one of the only bronze statues and shows Percious beheading Medusa. Most of the statues in this square have been there since the 1700's dating back to the 1500's. The last before our lunch break was the famous "Duomo" or Cantedral di Santa Maria die Fiore which is a huge white, pink, and green set of a bell tower, chapel, and Basilica.
Ryan needed a small nap due to head ache, so I watched real housewives. Gotta love my iPad! Ryan was good to go in about an hour so we got to see more sites like San Marco's square, Basilica di San Lorenzo, and the Palazzo Pitti. Dinner was so good, it was gone in 5 minutes, there is no picture evidence but let me tell you, to die for. We ate at Il Vegetariano, a small but intimate vegetarian/Italian place. We shared things like Brie and Spinach lasagna, rice and ricotta casserole, and some kind of fritata with broccoli and grains. It was gone before it even hit the plate! Now back in the hotel, we are relaxing and have barely unpacked because we leave again tomorrow morning for Venice!
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