It was sad to leave Venice, but we woke up early to get a head start going to Florence. After a late night and many glasses of wine, an early morning was not what we needed, but we hopped on the train early anyway and by the time we got to Florence, we were ready for a siesta. We got to our hotel (we have been pretty lucky finding these hotels), a really pretty hotel, but we were on the 5th floor ...with no elevator. We definitely got a workout, so the nap was well deserved. Once the nap was over, we headed to the Duomo. Wow- such a gorgeous church. We lived the 600+ steps to get into the dome and saw the Last Judgement- a very disturbing painting, but it's amazing how they were able to paint on just a large scale on a dome, some 8 stories above. The view from the Dome was spectacular- the land right outside Florence looked beautiful and lush and the best part...there were castles in the background. That night we stumbled on a family restaurant that was amazing. The dining room was set up like ancient Florence, with columns and cracked frescas painted on the wall, yet their was still a contemporary feel. They had a flat screen that showed the chefs cooking all the dishes on the menu. We ordered though before we saw Matt's meal being cooked. He ordered the bistecca di florentine and the waiter looked at him a bit weird, said "It's a lot of meat, you likea the meat?" Matt, being the steak and potatoes man looked back and said, "yes", but really wanted to say, "why else would I be ordering the steak?" Well when it came out, we found out why. It was the largest steak I have ever seen. It was a T bone larger than Matt's head. He got through half. Florence proved to bring out a lot of fun surprises for us (in more ways than one).
We finished Florence with the Uffizi, Ponte Vecchio and the Arno.
It was sad to leave Venice, but we woke up early to get a head start going to Florence. After a late night and many glasses of wine, an early morning was not what we needed, but we hopped on the train early anyway and by the time we got to Florence, we were ready for a siesta. We got to our hotel (we have been pretty lucky finding these hotels), a really pretty hotel, but we were on the 5th floor ...with no elevator. We definitely got a workout, so the nap was well deserved. Once the nap was over, we headed to the Duomo. Wow- such a gorgeous church. We lived the 600+ steps to get into the dome and saw the Last Judgement- a very disturbing painting, but it's amazing how they were able to paint on just a large scale on a dome, some 8 stories above. The view from the Dome was spectacular- the land right outside Florence looked beautiful and lush and the best part...there were castles in the background. That night we stumbled on a family restaurant that was amazing. The dining room was set up like ancient Florence, with columns and cracked frescas painted on the wall, yet their was still a contemporary feel. They had a flat screen that showed the chefs cooking all the dishes on the menu. We ordered though before we saw Matt's meal being cooked. He ordered the bistecca di florentine and the waiter looked at him a bit weird, said "It's a lot of meat, you likea the meat?" Matt, being the steak and potatoes man looked back and said, "yes", but really wanted to say, "why else would I be ordering the steak?" Well when it came out, we found out why. It was the largest steak I have ever seen. It was a T bone larger than Matt's head. He got through half. Florence proved to bring out a lot of fun surprises for us (in more ways than one).
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