Florence (Part II)

Spending the majority of your day on a train can really wipe you out. I think Alice and I made it back to our hostel around 11PM and basically plugged in our laptops, plopped on our beds and just passed out.

We had another early morning planned – this time to actually see Florence. And this time we actually woke up at a reasonable hour.

Our hostel had an all-you-can-eat breakfast for 5 euro which was a pretty good deal. I stuck to toast and yogurt, but it was nice to have a decent breakfast that could tide you over for a few hours instead of eating your first meal at 1PM.

Since it was Sunday we thought our options for sight-seeing would be pretty slim. We’d agreed earlier in the day not to do any of the museums because frankly, I wasn’t in the mood to stare at sculptures for hours on end. Since I really only had one full day in Florence, I wanted to experience the city, not the museums.

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Florence (Part I)

We arrived in Florence pretty early, which was good because that meant that we could go on a bit of an “orientation tour” with the BusAbout guide to get our bearings. We went by the major sites – the Duomo, the various museums, etc. on our way to dinner for the evening.

BusAbout arranges some group dinners in each city where you can go and get a proper meal for a pretty decent price. This wasn’t offered in Rome, so when I heard about the Florence dinner I was intrigued, but after hearing the menu I decided to opt out. Alice mentioned that since it was a regular restaurant it might be possible to just order what we want off of the menu. She was right. Good call.

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