In Italia

I've been procrastinating for a while, but here it is: a synopsis of our recent trip to Florence. You may have already noticed this here.

We got in on a Sunday around noon having traveled over night, but not wanting to go to sleep and exacerbate the jet-lag. So after we checked into the hotel, we walked around a bit and came across Il Duomo:

We walked around the Duomo and got some Gelati. Supposedly this is what Italy is known for, and it was good, but I'm not sure I'd move there just so I could eat it instead of Ben & Jerry's.

After this we headed over the Arno and towards Giardino di Boboli (in English, "The Garden of Pizzas"). This is a very large residence which has a museum indoors (we didn't see it) and maybe ten million acres of landscaped grounds, including pools and a never-ending path of cypress trees.



After walking around for a couple of hours, our feets got tired and so we left. On the way back to the hotel, we stopped at a small place and ate pasta outside. Actually I didn't like the sauce - it was too oily and not very tomato-y. Finally we made it back to the hotel and practically passed out. It was only about 8pm, but this was much later than we thought we would make it. The hotel room was quite miniature, as apparently most European hotel rooms are, but seriously, we could barely fit both suitcases on the floor to open them.

Next post: Day 2!