Hi All. Well we went to Florence today via Eurorail. It was a high speed train (200 km/h) which got us there in about 90 minutes.
We walked everywhere in Florence – it’s not that big after all. Went to Uffizi Gallery, Accademia and various sites and churches. The Uffizi is the main attraction – many paintings from all the great Italian painters (Botticelli, Rafael, Da Vinci, even Michaelangelo). I didn’t think I was all that cultural, but it was surprising what I appreciated and again what I saw. 2 main ones for me – Botticelli’s (don’t know if I spelled that right by the way) Birth of Venus and Da Vinci’s Adoration of the Magi. That was amazing.
Accademia, however, had only one main attraction – Michaelangelo’s David. Worth every penny to see that for real. Maybe even worth the admission to Italy – it was that breathtaking.
We got kind of lost heading back to the train station, but eventually found our way and took the train back to Rome. From the station, we hopped on the Metro and went to the Spanish Steps. It was already dark, but it was extremely crowded anyway. Took some interesting night shots… Then we wandered around (Did I mention Rome’s streets are kind of confusing, and the GPS doesn’t pick up a signal ANYWHERE in Rome?) until we found the Trevi Fountain.
Seeing the Trevi Fountain at night was another of those worth-every-penny moments. Took lots of pictures there too, and again it was packed.
Then we kind of got lost heading back to our hotel. It was at least 4km to the hotel, so we should have known we’d get turned around somewhere along the way ;). Finally made it tho, and saw some sites we didn’t plan to if you know what I mean…
OK, so we’re off to the ship tomorrow – can’t wait to put my feet up (Mare too) and watch the world go by instead of the other way round. Till then….
