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Ciao from Florence! We’ve spent the last 2 1/2 days here in this beautiful city, wandering around on foot to see all the sights, getting lost, eating gelato…trying to stay cool! Here are a few highlights:

We visited the Galleria dell’Accademia to see Michelangelo’s David. It’s pretty cool seeing it in person. Unfortunately, the museum doesn’t allow guests to take photos, so the whole experience will have to live in memory.

We took a walking tour of the city during which we visited the palaces of two families of historical importance to the city. We also visited Ponte Vecchio, Florence’s very first, and still intact bridge.

We walked, and walked, and walked up to the Giardino Gardens, which overlooks the city. Unfortunately, we were both bitten multiple times by hungry mosquitos, so we didn’t stay long. We took in a viewing of a photography exhibit instead.

I think the most memorable thing we did was visiting the Duomo, or Santa Maria del Fiore, where we climbed the 463 steps up to the top of the cathedral’s dome. It was an experience! This was the second time we’ve climbed up a ‘cupola.’ We also climbed to the top of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. I’m thinking no more dome climbing for the remainder of our trip! Our feet our tired.

On a side note, we also went looking for 2 Japanese restaurants one night (one in particular, and the other as a back-up), because we were craving, well, something other than Italian food. We found BOTH closed! So far, we’re 0-3 for Japanese food in Italy–we had also tried to find one in Rome. We’ve given up the idea. I guess we’re just not meant to eat sushi in Italy!

We’re headed to Venice tomorrow, where we’re looking forward to what we hear is one of the most beautiful cities in Italy, if not the world. It’s also supposed to be cooler, which will be a welcomed change. We actually might get some rain, so we’ll see what wandering we’ll be able to do!

Pics of Florence to come soon! Arrivederci for now!

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