Florence

Florence

The accommodations were much better in Florence! We took the train from Venice and the 40 euro was well spent! The train system Italy is very reliable and the train is comfortable (has bathrooms). We stayed at this incredible family owned hotel called Hotel Europa. They were extremely nice and had a lift (not very common in hotels in Europe. The famous Statue of David (we could not take any pictures!) is located in Florence and the 10 euro was much less than we had expected to pay. The line took forever and would be something that you might want to book ahead of time online and just collect the tickets at the museum.

I wish we had another day in Florence and could have ventured off into Tuscany... Oh well, another romantic vacation I can take in the future. We did do a wine tasting at a small stand near our hotel and we were able to have small Tuscany experience minus the scenery! I suppose that Florence would be an art major's dream... However I felt that the day was well spent drinking chianti and eating Fettucini Alfredo-to each his own. While we attempted to find the night life scene, we settled for an extremely sketchy bar near the hotel that gave us an obscene amount of free drinks and played Rihanna. The idea of "going out" like what I might find in the states or even Ireland is not exactly the same in Italy. Friends tend to grab a table and sit with a bottle of wine instead. Florence was gorgeous, but not a must see for me... (don't hate). The wine was fantastic and the food incredible, but I'm hoping Rome will offer something different and more wine of course.

To view all of my photos from Florence, click HERE.