First Day in Florence
Saturday, May 9
Siena and I left at 5am with Eleni to get to our early-morning flight from Athens to Florence, Italy. We had a connection in Munich and had a bit of trouble finding our gate, but we eventually found it after we discovered the escalator.
We arrived in Florence on time and we took a taxi to her homestay, where we met Maria. We freshened up a bit and went downtown to the Duomo area by bus, which only took about 10-15 minutes. The line to go inside the Duomo was very long, so we decided to go up to the top of the neighboring bell tower instead. To get to the top, we had to climb 414 stairs, but the view was well worth it! After we climbed back down the narrow, winding staircase, we got some Chinese food and ate it on the steps of the San Lorenzo church nearby. We walked to a really good gelato place near Ponte Vecchio and then started our climb to the Piazzale Michelangiolo, where we had a beautiful veiw of the city.
We walked around for a while, looking in shops and a market before we had an awesome buffet dinner at Kitsch. It was a mere 8 Euros for the buffet and aperitivo. Then we took the bus back to the homestay and watched some Italian tv while we got ready for bed.
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