This weekend I went to Florence and discovered that it is a city to which I MUST return. Firstly, I was only able to see a limited amount of sights because of my time constraints and because Meg and Alli have a great social life and great friends that I enjoyed spending my time with J. Let me introduce you to them. Betty, who I had met before in Venice during Carnevale, is Megan’s apartment mate from Panama. She’ super sweet and enthusiastic about seeing sights, absorbing culture, and food. It was great to see her again. Meg’s roommate Kelly is an American who’s sarcasm is so sharp that even I have a hard time deciphering truth from joke. She was also a gracious host (I shared her room while Megan slept on the coach) and blast to be around. Jimmy, I’d mention you but this blog is quite popular and I wouldn’t want Kelly’s parents to realize you are where you should not be. Their other friend Emily, was also super nice and beautiful and welcoming…. I loved them all and the whole weekend.
In terms of sightseeing, I saw the following churches: San Lorenzo, Santa Croce, and Santa Maria del Fiore, aka the Duomo. We attended mass on Sunday at the duomo. In San Lorenzo, the most memorable things for me were two pulpits by Donatello, his last works before he died. Santa Croce was just increadible because of its arcitechutarl beauty, the wealth of art that it houses, as well as the many notable people buried there. I saw the tombs of Galileo, Michelangelo, Machiavelli and Dante Alighieri. I also roamed around and saw the Ponte Vecchio, viewed the city from Piazziale Michelangelo and from Fiesole. When I say that I saw/did all these things I really mean that I did them in the company of Megan and Alli and their friends. I almost forgot!!! We also had some great food!!! The first night Alli cooked Indian food for all of us (it was great), and the second night we all went out to this crazy amazing restaurant where we spent a fortune on an incredible meal. I’m so happy I went because I had a great time J J J.
\/ The hotel we stayed in 6 years ago... \/
\/ Santa Croce \/
\/ Meg and Machiavelli \/
\/ Duomo \/
2 comments:
I'm so glad you had fun, and yo absolutly have to come back!
maggare those really your pix...they look so professional...They look like they came right out of a great coffee table book... Im so glad you had a great time!!!
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