Day 26 – Venice to Florence

We woke pretty early this morning and went down for breaky. It wasn't that flash.

Back upstairs we packed all our things again, did the under bed check again and left our luggage at the hotel after checking out.

Then we went exploring again.

We had some fruit and coconut as we wandered and stopped to buy a few more bits and pieces before finding a place for lunch. I had a yummy lasagne and Clay had a yummy pizza.

We strolled through the crowds back to collect our luggage before getting on a train to Florence. We upgraded our tickets this time so we're first class all the way baby :)

Arriving in Florence, the maps lead us slightly astray before we finally found our Hotel. They couldn't find our reservation at first, then the room wasn't ready, so we had to wait for a little bit, but they gave us coffee while we waited. We got our room and it was a little bit awesome. The entire ceiling changed colours and the shower gave you water from every angle.

We were going to go check out Michaelangelo David, but the gallery was closed being a Sunday, so we went for the next best thing, a replication. We jumped on a bus and headed for Plaza Michaelangelo. Up the winding road we went on the local bus till we came to the top of a mountain. The statue was quite impressive, but not as impressive as the view. Absolutely stunning!

After some ice cream, we caught another bus back down the mountain and found a little pizzeria for dinner. It was a yummy dinner and I ate an entire pizza all by myself.

We wandered back to the hotel and went to hand in our key when the doorman asked if we had been to see the Old Bridge. On replying that we hadn't, he informed us that this is something that we must do before leaving Florence. So we hailed a cab and headed out again. 

 There were people everywhere in the streets, wandering, eating ice cream and even singing and dancing. It was great, and the Bridge was very cool too. We had a play with the camera and ended up with some pretty cool shots, if I do say so myself!

We decided to walk back to the hotel, so made sure we got some ice cream on the way, oh and chocolate.

It was a lovely night and we really wished we could have had more time in Florence. There were so many things that we didn't get a chance to see, and the atmosphere of the town was very happy and friendly. Maybe one day we'll have to go back.