Florence

We had 2 days here.

Florence is such a cultural city.

It was so beautiful.

We got there mid afternoon and went out to eat

And then just walked around for hours.

Florence also has a ton of canals and famous bridges.

It is a fairly good size city but all the main sights

Are withing walking distance.

We were lucky to see the most beautiful sunset over the water.

It was breathtaking.

{can you tell i was obsessed with the sunset?}

{these are some of my favorite shots ever}

Then we just walked around until dark

The next day

{we had a full day}

we left our hotel room around 10

{and didn’t get back until about the same time that night}

We we wanting to buy tickets to the famous

Uffizi Gallery 

{it is up there with the Louvre}

And the David statue at the Accademia Gallery.

We were sad because we heard that you have to

Book your tickets at least a month in advance for these galleries.

We stopped by the tourism office just to see what

Other things we could do since the Uffizi and Accademia were booked

She surprisingly told us that

The last Tuesday of every month,

The main galleries
{the ones we wanted}

Were FREE from 7-11 pm.

We could not believe.

The one day we are here to tour,

Is the ONE day a month this happens.

So we got to tour both for FREE!

We were so grateful!

{the famous David}

It was quite the line,

But we didn’t care.

So during the day we wanted to just wander around the city

And just go with the flow.

We hiked up to the top of the Duomo

{we hiked the dome}

I don’t think I have walked up that many stairs

In my whole life.

It took probably 30-45 minutes of just pure stairs

And we were in these tiny tunnel stairways

{steep, dark, humid, small}

but man was it worth it once we got to the top

A lot of the tourists just took a few pictures and rushed through

We thought,

We worked so hard for this

And its so beautiful.

Whats the rush!

So we sat on the marble stair right next to the edge

And just took in the view it all of its entirety

For a good half hour.

Before we headed back down.

We stayed out until dark again

Got dinner.

Watched another amazing sunset.

And finally called it a night

What a good day!

here are a few random pictures:

 {famous Vecchio bridge- both above and below}

 {haha}

 {these doors and doorknobs were HUGE}

 :)

{Italian flags} 

 {mopeds were everywhereeee}

 {our hotel}

{our new friend from Massimo leather} 

 {Italian pizza.... mmm}

 {this door had bible stories, top left starts with adam and eve}

 {Lindor chocolate store = heaven}

 

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