Ciao Italy (part 2.5)

The next day was our roughest one, as far as Amelia was concerned. It was our fault though, we thought we could get her to sleep in her stroller, instead of having her take a proper nap in the cot. We didn't make that mistake again! That morning we headed out to find Michelangelo's David. The museum that David resides in was within easy walking distance from our hotel. We found it, got in line and eventually went in.

It was awesome. It's much larger in real life and very impressive. We appreciated the fine detail of the carving and appreciated the hours of work dedicated to carving each and every part of the statue. It amazed our mind to think that it started out as a block of left over marble. It was definitely worth seeing. No pictures of it though, they don't allow it. Sorry.

Amelia had a pretty big meltdown in the museum, which caused us to see the rest of it in a hurry (there really isn't much else there, thank goodness). So we headed back to the hotel, got her a nap and when she woke up, we decided to get on the 'hop on, hop off' bus and tour Florence in style.

It's such a great way to see the sights of Florence, especially, if like us, you're not sure what the sights are! We sat on the top deck and Amelia LOVED it! I suppose it beat being her stroller. But she would wave at the buildings and point things out (she really started pointing things out this trip, maybe because she saw us do it so often).





The route we took, brought us up a hill which showed the entire city of Florence below. It was so gorgeous. We got off at that point and stayed to take lots of pictures and videos. It was a beautiful day and such a treat to see.

Here are the pictures, but they don't do it justice at all!









After the bus, we headed out to find some dinner. And we stumbled upon our favorite restaurant/meal of the entire trip. We ate calzoni's and they were huge, but oh so yummy. Here's a picture!


(on our way back to the hotel after dinner)

After that wonderful dinner we toddled back to our hotel for the our last night in Florence.

The next morning, we decided to take the other longer route on the "hop on, hop off" bus, so we stored our luggage at the hotel and hopped on. It was even more spectacular. It also took us to a nearby town called Fiesole which lies on a hillside overlooking Florence. On the way there, we passed other parts of Florence that we wished we could've explored more. Unfortuntely time got the better of us as this particular route had buses coming every hour and we didn't have the time before we had to catch the train to Venice. If we could redo this trip, we would've given ourselves an extra day in Florence. As is, we decided that we need to come back some day!



After we hopped off the bus, we picked up our bags and walked to the train station (we were closer than we thought when we first arrived. As we entered the train to Venice we bid a fond farewell to Florence!

(scooter city)


(inside the Duomo)