March 4, 2012
Yesterday we decided to take the train to Florence to check things out. Our friends from Houston, Texas, the Jenson family will be here a week from tomorrow. We are going to go to Florence with them in a little over a week. We wanted to check how long it would take to walk to the convent from the center of Florence.
It was a nice one-shot train ride of two hours and twenty-five minutes. When we got there, we took the kids for some cornetti ciacolata. Yes, they are getting extremely spoiled, but so am I…
Then we walked around the outside of the cathedral in the center of town. I climbed the Duomo about 20 years ago, but we didn’t have time for that this trip. The outside of the cathedral is so colorful. David was telling me that a lot of people don’t like it because of that. They call it “The Cathedral in Pajamas.” Personally, I love it.
We decided to see the Uffizi while we were there as we wouldn’t have time when we come back next week. Once inside, we weren’t allowed to take pictures, but I got a few non flash pictures of the ceiling on the sly.
This museum houses all of the famous Italian paintings from the renaissance. After viewing all of the artwork, we snapped a photo of the famous Ponte Vecchio with all of the shops.
Then we stepped outside on the patio for a bit of a rest.
Then it was time to walk to the convent where we will be staying next time. It is a lovely walk along the river, especially when the weather is so nice. Seeing the crew shells on the water reminded me of when David and I first met, rowing on the Thames. It always makes me smile when I see them.
The walk was a bit longer than we had anticipated. It takes about 45 minutes to the center of town. At least it is a nice walk.
On our walk back to the train station, we stopped to take a picture of the Ponte Vecchio from the Ponte St. Trinita.
~Mary
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