Florence, Italy
43° 45' N 11° 15' E
Feb 02, 2005 14:16
Distance 73km

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Trip to Florence

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Today we took our first of three class field trips to Florence, a beautiful city of architecture and SHOPPING. Florence has about a million people people and is home to Michaelangelo's David and the Medici Chapel. We started off looking at the San Miniato al Monte, a church built in the 11th century. We then walked through the city to view the Santa Croce Church, where Dante. Machievelli, and Galileo are buried, along with members of the Medici family (a very prominent medievel Florentine family). After a WONDERFUL dinner at an upscale Italian restaurant, a few friends and I took off exploring away from the group. We visited The Medici Chapel and walked up the Bell Tower, 414 steps to the most beautiful view of Florence. We did a little shopping with the street vendors (Florence is famous for its leather) before heading back to Castiglion Fiorentino.

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Getting into Florence...it was freezing Walking up the hill to the church View of Florence from the Church piazza Getting to the church View of the front facade, green and white marble Another beautiful view Paolo giving an architecture lecture on site A monk!!! A closer look at the facade, yes thats real gold Interior In the tomb below, for viewing the body before burial The tombs The gate to Florence...benvenuto! I told you the cars here are tiny! two grown men got out of this! The narrow streets of Florence The most popular way to navigate the tiny streets Beautiful view of Florence Me, in Firenze The HUGE doors of Santa Cruce Inside The tomb of Machievelli My friend David, in front of a replica of David. The real one is in the Uffizzi Museum. Next time.... Lunch, Italian style We had a great meal of pasta, fried potatoes, parmigian chicken breast, and GELATO with the best chocolate I have EVER had! The house wine was beautiful! On the Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) shop after shop houses some of the finest jewelry in Europe. On this gate, on the bridge, couples write their names on a padlock and lock it to the gate in hopes that their love can not be broken. Me, on the bridge! The Cathedral The beautiful Baptistry doors, covered in gold View from the Bell Tower of the Cathedral, about halfway up. Il Duomo, from the middle of the Bell Tower
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