View from the top of Il Duomo
On Thanksgiving Day we woke up early and took a train to Florence. We took the slow train so it took us almost 4 hours. Once we arrived we walked to our hotel and got settled in. We first went to see the huge cathedral in Florence - Il Duomo/Santa Maria. The outside of this church is so ornate. The inside was beautiful as well. We decide to pay to go up in the dome. 463 steps later we were at the top!!! The views were amazing so it was worth it. Afterwards we went to the Gallery Academia. The best thing we saw there was Michaelangelo's David statue. We were not allowed to take any pictures though. I did however, snap a pic of a replica that sits in the piazza. We finished the afternoon with gelato and shopping. There are a lot of markets in Florence so we got some great deals. That night we had our Italian take on Thanksgiving dinner by going to a restaraunt called ZaZa's. We enjoyed some delicious pasta and actually ordered some meat and potatoes too.
The next day Beth, Sara and I headed to the Gallery Uffizi. We enjoyed all of the paintings, especially Michaelangelo's depiction of the Holy Family. We saw another church, which had a lot of construction going on so we were a little disappointed. We caught our train back to Rome that afternoon. I enjoyed Florence, but I was very excited to be back in Rome.
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