Dave's Travel Blog

We were all exhausted today and Sinjin continued his torrid pace of setting the town on fire by sleeping until 4PM. John, Derek and I spent most of the day at the Pitti Palace–a place I had never visited. The rest of the day was spent walking…and walking….then a little more walking. Wish I could be more descriptive but I can barely keep my eyes open….so….I’ll post a few more photos and let them do the talking…

award goes to……

Best Bike Award

On the way up the stairs of Giotto's campanile

Our evening ended– after a three hour dinner involving copious amounts of alcohol– with me tumbling across the street then sliding on my knees for about 10 yards after tripping over a curb.  The fall was so violent that used museum tickets and paper money were ejected from my pockets.  I call that a great finish to a fantastic day.

Our itinerary included The Accademia, Santa Croce church and climbing all 490+ steps of Giotto’s campanile (while sober thankfully).

Since the only way to convey the feel of Florence is visually, here are some photos from today’s travels:

We managed to drag ourselves out tonight after a very long flight and a couple of train rides.  We landed in Florence around 4PM and we all were completely spent.  Still, we managed to make it out for dinner at the Osteria Cinghale Bianco in Florence’s Oltrarno section.   We then took a quick walk around town before heading back to the hotel.  Here are a few shots from tonight.