Monday, July 10, 2023

Italy Part II: Florence

Florence was by far the longest and fastest day.  Early in the morning (9am), we checked out and took a train to Florence.  The bullet train took 2 hours to get to Florence and both you and your brother felt like the time flew by. Slightly cold AC, wifi and chargers helped.  We also had plenty of drinks and snacks.  

Once we arrived in Florence we stored our luggage and went to see the statue of David.  Thank goodness to Wong for skip the lines!!!  After seeing David, we hit up the food court where there was a ton of options.  Both of you wanted XLB, white rice and desserts lol.  Afterwards, we walked around and went to a pizza spot before hitting Duomo and the 14 flights of stairs.  Both of you had no problem with the stairs, Anthony and I stayed back.  We met up at the museum and then separated for dinner.  

By 10pm, we were back to the train station and headed to Rome.  I think we got to Rome and settled down around 1am.  Not sure how you two were able to stay awake, engaged, in a good mood and travel so well but you did!!
David museum
Getting tired, it's only 12pm
David front 
David back 
Lots of busts 
 
Beautiful
And so hot
Waiting for water 
Lots of hawkers which was odd for you and your brother to understand.  We had to explain why this occurs.  
Looking down the well 
Anthony and mama visited the museum
Admiring the museum and cooling off
Town Centre, so pretty 
The walk to dinner, which included a pit stop at a toy store 
and, we saw cars in Florence!  It was nice to be in Venice without cars, very safe and everything was very walkable. 
Dinner
lovely restaurant 
Your kind of meal.  More butter noodles, fries and even a chicken tender! 
Octopus app
Clams entree 
Heading back to the train station
 
a long day
Golden retrievers enjoying the view
Duomo climb with some photobombs

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