Trip 3: Florence
Our trip got to a slow start. Due to the terrible floods in Genoa, our train was cancelled, so we had to call a bus company to come pick our group up to go to Florence. So after trekking down to the train station, we headed back up the mountain to the villa to wait for the bus. We ended up arriving in Florence a little later than we were supposed to but it did not affect our plans. Florence was just the same as I remembered it being from three months ago with one exception… everyone was wearing coats and carrying umbrellas. Our first day in Florence, we visited the Uffizzi and L’Accademia museums- which house The Birth of Venus and David (respectively). I had already been to the Uffizi, but I did not go to see David the first time. It was cool to see, but there was not a whole lot else to see in the museum. After these two museums, we grabbed dinner and walked around a little. The next day, we visited more churches than I have even been to in one day. Some of the names I remember were the Chiesa di Santo Spirito, the Chiesa di San Lorenzo, and the Santa Croce. As cool as each of these churches are, they are all starting to blend together! We also trekked up to the top of this hill which gave us a great view of the city- something we didn’t do the first time in Florence, and saw many different Palazzos of different families.
On the way back to one square, somehow everyone got split up, so me and Carrie decided to go to dinner ourselves and we got a sketch in that night. The next morning, we woke up early to go to the Duomo in Florence. We didn’t really see the inside much, but we climbed to the top of the Duomo (all 463 steps) to get a good aerial perspective of the city. It was even more beautiful from up there! After climbing back down, we headed to the Laurentian Library, where Lucca (one our professors) gave us a quick talk and tour of the place. As impressive of a space as this was, it once again is starting to blend in with everything else I have seen. Around 11:30, we headed back to the hotel to grab our bags and went to the train station to catch our ride to Siena.
On the way back to one square, somehow everyone got split up, so me and Carrie decided to go to dinner ourselves and we got a sketch in that night. The next morning, we woke up early to go to the Duomo in Florence. We didn’t really see the inside much, but we climbed to the top of the Duomo (all 463 steps) to get a good aerial perspective of the city. It was even more beautiful from up there! After climbing back down, we headed to the Laurentian Library, where Lucca (one our professors) gave us a quick talk and tour of the place. As impressive of a space as this was, it once again is starting to blend in with everything else I have seen. Around 11:30, we headed back to the hotel to grab our bags and went to the train station to catch our ride to Siena.
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