Today I got to sleep in until noon. I haven't done that in almost a year, it was great. Last night when I tried plugging something in, it blew the power in the apartment. So being the detectives we are, Jess and I figured out where the switch was to turn the power on. We felt like adults after that haha. We're experiencing a lot of growing here and today I think we discussed for an hour how to budget so we'd get the most out of our time here. But anyway, after breakfast we headed out for a day of unknowns. We went down the street towards the market that was going on. They had tons of goodies, clothes, applicances, etc. We had fun people watching and looking at all the fun booths. Then we went on quite the adventure to look for the David. After heading in the wrong direction for awhile, we asked for help and found out we had to go about a football fields lenth back. Laughing at ourselves, we walked in the right direction to
discover once again that it was swarmed with other tourists trying to get a peek. So we decided to put it off until a later date since we would be here for another 4 months. So we went back to the apartment for lunch. Then we decided we'd try to climb the steps of the Duomo. We got lucky as the line was moving quickly today and we were in in under 10 minutes. We had no clue we'd be climbing 463 steps to the top otherwise we'd wore different shoes, nonetheless we made the trip to the top. We were behind a woman the whole time who made us cling a little tighter to our bags. Once we made it to the top we were awkstruck. It was absolutely stunning. We had the greatest view of Florence up there and even parts of Tuscany. I got camera happy and took over 100 pictures in the little loop you make around the top. I didn't realize how big Florence was nor how beautiful. And I must thank my mom for buying me that camera it made me very happy to get some of those shots. (check them out on facebook). After the first loop around the top, I
decided to make another and put the camera away. I breathed in the fresh air and just took it all in. It was incredible, I was at complete peace. After some time up there, we decided to start our descent back to reality. At one point we ran into a stop where we saw what was a very small collection of the tools used to build that place. It was like nothing. They took over 200 years to build that place and we were amazed it was still there. They definately knew what they were doing back then. After our little adventure we stopped at yet another gelato shop and I got some yummy strawberry gelato while Jess got a delicious crescant with chocolate gelato. We sat outside and people watched for awhile. It was fantastic. This is where I reflected on how that adventure we just took reminded me of the Hunchback of Notre Dame and how I wanted to watch that movie terribly soon. Then we headed back for a short break. After a few hours rest, we decided to head out and check out the shops and find some school supplies. You'd be surprised to know that Florence is very difficult to find school supplies. But we did eventually find two shops that had some notebooks and pencils. The first shop had cute notebook designs where I purchased two very unique notebooks while the next which was tucked away and we were very happy to find had more supplies that we'd need throughout the semester. Then we enjoyed a lovely dinner at the OK Cafe outside. While we waited for our dessert I noticed some gypsies running off with what looked like a sunkist and some chips while the other asked the people sitting next to us for a cigarette. That reminded me of the Hunchback again. I got the most delicious spaghetti and toasted bread with lots of oil. It was so good. This was the moment that made me think of Lady and the Tramp due to the checked tableclothes, the candlelight, the spaghetti, and the waitors all dressed up fancy. This whole day made me want to watch classic disney movies which I'm about to do right now. I miss everyone at home and castaway very much today. Well ciao friends!
discover once again that it was swarmed with other tourists trying to get a peek. So we decided to put it off until a later date since we would be here for another 4 months. So we went back to the apartment for lunch. Then we decided we'd try to climb the steps of the Duomo. We got lucky as the line was moving quickly today and we were in in under 10 minutes. We had no clue we'd be climbing 463 steps to the top otherwise we'd wore different shoes, nonetheless we made the trip to the top. We were behind a woman the whole time who made us cling a little tighter to our bags. Once we made it to the top we were awkstruck. It was absolutely stunning. We had the greatest view of Florence up there and even parts of Tuscany. I got camera happy and took over 100 pictures in the little loop you make around the top. I didn't realize how big Florence was nor how beautiful. And I must thank my mom for buying me that camera it made me very happy to get some of those shots. (check them out on facebook). After the first loop around the top, I
decided to make another and put the camera away. I breathed in the fresh air and just took it all in. It was incredible, I was at complete peace. After some time up there, we decided to start our descent back to reality. At one point we ran into a stop where we saw what was a very small collection of the tools used to build that place. It was like nothing. They took over 200 years to build that place and we were amazed it was still there. They definately knew what they were doing back then. After our little adventure we stopped at yet another gelato shop and I got some yummy strawberry gelato while Jess got a delicious crescant with chocolate gelato. We sat outside and people watched for awhile. It was fantastic. This is where I reflected on how that adventure we just took reminded me of the Hunchback of Notre Dame and how I wanted to watch that movie terribly soon. Then we headed back for a short break. After a few hours rest, we decided to head out and check out the shops and find some school supplies. You'd be surprised to know that Florence is very difficult to find school supplies. But we did eventually find two shops that had some notebooks and pencils. The first shop had cute notebook designs where I purchased two very unique notebooks while the next which was tucked away and we were very happy to find had more supplies that we'd need throughout the semester. Then we enjoyed a lovely dinner at the OK Cafe outside. While we waited for our dessert I noticed some gypsies running off with what looked like a sunkist and some chips while the other asked the people sitting next to us for a cigarette. That reminded me of the Hunchback again. I got the most delicious spaghetti and toasted bread with lots of oil. It was so good. This was the moment that made me think of Lady and the Tramp due to the checked tableclothes, the candlelight, the spaghetti, and the waitors all dressed up fancy. This whole day made me want to watch classic disney movies which I'm about to do right now. I miss everyone at home and castaway very much today. Well ciao friends!
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