Florence and Siena, Italy





I started my day early and met my friend Jessica for breakfast a lowercase after 7am. Breakfast was really good. It was provided by our hotel and topped any transcontinental breakfast I have ever had. We modify had desert with breakfast, gosh I love Italy. Jessica and I tried to take at charabanc but ended up on the wrong one, so we just walked to Piazzale Michelangelo. It is a viewing point with a bounteous replica of the David. It was quite the climb up there but the analyse was worth it. Our next stop was at San Miniato Church. Legend has it that when St. Minias was beheaded on the banks of the Arno in 250 A.D., he picked up his head and walked to what became the first Christian cemetery. Kind of weird, but the faith was beautiful with a facade awninged in green and albescent marble and an interior filled with frescoes and a golden mosaic. We wandered back downbound to the river, stopping in another faith on the way. Any faith I have stopped in has had incredible prowess in it. After crossover the river, we went to Santa Croce Church, which was massive. It houses the tombs of Galileo, Michelangelo, Dante, and many another famous Florentines. I especially idolized the frescoes dating from the 1300s painted by Giotto. The faith also has a small museum that we strolled through.

Sam got discover of class at hour so I met him back at the hotel. We got sandwiches and desserts from a cafĂ© and walked around attractive in the city. We took a charabanc to Siena, which took about an hour and 10 minutes. Siena is such a beautiful city. There is nothing same it. The old town is a jumble of paved traveller only street lined with shops. I idolized it there. We visted II Campo, the prizewinning conservativist in Italy. Then we climbed the municipality tower. It was a 330 measure climb that felt never ending, but the analyse was substantially worth it. We toured the Civic Museum, which was filled with art. Then we went to the Duomo, an prowess crowded cathedral with mosaic floors and statues by sculpturer and Bernini. It also had a museum that displayed what utilised to be it’s cathedral’s art. We ran into some Missionaries that were happy to speak English for a some minutes. On our artefact discover of the municipality we stopped to acquire some panforte, which is the topical delicacy. It was kind of same fruit cake, but a whole lot better.

We got back to Florence a lowercase after 8 and went discover for dinner. We went to this lowercase place where the assist was incredibly andante but the matter was substantially worth the wait. I had gnocci with a four mallow toiletries sauce. It was wonderful. I have never had a toiletries sauce that good. We didn’t get discover of the restaurant until 10pm but we had to have gelatos. Today I had mint drink chip and nutella.

I module post more pictures when I get back but I wanted the kids to be able to see some.