WOW! Florence is the most beautiful city in Italy
It was really really cool, even though the weather was a little drizzly, and it bucketed down at night, and the thunder and lightning bashed and crashed while we had to sleep in a tent at the Michelangleo Camping Ground. above: the river Arno. top, with the moody clouds. bottom, looking at the most famous bridge over the Arno.
April 26 - after catching a train from Venice, we jumped on a bus to get to our camping ground. i think the bus took us a really long way around the city, which was cool to see but also a bain cos it took forever. it made me smile to see the traffic conditions, typical Italians with no road rules and there are like 5 lanes around the roundabouts and mopeds trying to weave in between all the cars, in other words TOTAL CHAOS!!
and then we drove through a scenic route, a stunning contrast to the hectic city
April 27 and 28 - Simone and I spent these two days just walking around the city, getting a feel for the place, shopping, avoiding the african men trying to sell us fake stuff, trying to find some bargains in the markets, sitting in parks and eating bread and cheese, sitting in cafes and drinking coffee. sitting at the bar in the camping ground and talking to some other travellers. eating gelato, and looking out over the city from Michelangelo piazza. we did a lot of walking!!! walked the scenic route that the bus took, was really beautiful.
We climbed the stairs of the duomo in the city centre, and we could see the whole city laid out 360deg. it was really spectacular.
below is simone and I happy to be in italy overlooking florence from the top of the cathedral :)
and i am pointing to our camp ground,
April 29 - heres where Simone left me to go back to Holland, and i spent the day doing 'stuff'
walked around a bit, managed to sun bath for about an hour, did some reading etc etc. in the evening i sat with some NZ girls, who it actually turned out went to the same high school as i, was good times, reminescing about the old days, and teacheres who have been teaching there far too long, and singing the school song :) (well what we could remember of it)
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