Firenze- Florence

I'm finally able to get my picture up from my trip to Florence last weekend! The internet has been very spotty this week because it was rainy and terrible out.

Quick recap of my weekend in Florence:

• Arrival to apartment
• Walk to the Duomo 
• Viewed the inside of the Santa Maria del Fiore 
• Walked around the outside of the Baptistry- saw the famous doors 
• Climbed the Campanile- The Tower located in the Piazza del Duomo (Climbed the tower instead of the cupola of the Duomo mainly because we wanted pictures of the Duomo in the landscape shots!)
• After a tiring set of 414 steep stairs we made it to the top
• Walked around the city of Florence- surprisingly very small
• Visited the leather market on San Lorenzo (bought quite a few leather goods- not all for me)
• Walked around the Ponte VecchioWent out for a delicious dinner
• Returned to apartment around 11Around 12 I got sick with a stomach bug and fever
• Woke up with basically no voice, coughing, sinus headache, etc. (The cold I had been supressing for about a week- which turned into an upper respiratory infection as stated in a previous post).
• I was sadly unable to visit the Piazzale Michelangelo- not up to the trek to get there
• Unable to get an earlier train homeStuck it out until we left....terrible ending to a fabulous weekend, but I most certainly do not regret going.
• *Temperature wise- FREEZING for most of the time (except for the brief moments in the sunlight).

Overall, I absolutely love Florence and the architecture around every turn is breathtaking! Being on top of the tower was serene. I can't exactly describe the feeling I had while I was up there, but I know I wanted to stay up there for hours. Looking out on the city of Florence on a crystal clear day was spectacular; a view I will never forget.