We started out our early morning around 8am, so that we could take a water taxi (yes, I said water taxi! It is just like a boat) to Florence, the next city to visit planned on our adventure. After taking the water taxi, we arrived at the train station. The train station was nice, the train itself was nice, but the luggage room on the train was very very limited. Luckily, we all boarded the train before anyone else, thus, not struggling to find places to put our luggage.
We arrived in Florence around noon and checked into our rooms. (The rooms here were much much larger and nicer than the tiny rooms in Venice). After checking in, we had until 1pm to get situated in the room, relax, chit chat, excetera. At 1pm, we headed to lunch at a nearby park called, "Piazza Della Independenza." The park was splendid! All of us grabbed our bags and food and sat on a park bench by the pigeons, feeding them our pizza crust, occasionally, while orange leaves from trees danced in the air.
After lunch, we went to Medici Chapels, then to the dome of Brumellesi. The chapel was beautiful, but the dome was more exquisite, in the opinion of most students. Afterwards we trotted down to the Palazza Veccio, and then to a bridge that is famous for its gold and precious jewls (which were extremely high priced!).
At 5pm we started walking back to the hotel, and from 5pm until 8pm we were given free time to shop in the "mercado" (market), where we found bags, shos belts, scarves, and leather jackets. Just warning you parents, there are only about 7 students who have not purchased a leather jacket so far. So, if you are wondering what happened to all the spending money you gave them, now you know!
Dinner started at 8:15pm at an authentic Italian resturant. The food was great.
That night we all went to bed and could not wait for what was in store for us the next day, Sunday.
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