Thursday, June 14, 2007
Florence
Hi again everyone! I am writing on my last day in Florence and I am absolutely exhausted! Our campsite is on the top of a very large hill upon which sits the piazza de Michaelangelo. The first night, we checked in and ate dinner at a fantastic restaurant on the Ponto Vecchio. The next morning, TJ and I slept in for the first time until 10AM when our tent got unbearably hot in the sun. Our tent is actually situated inside a new-growth olive grove overlooking the city of florence! Not bad for 10 dollars a night! We walked around a bit at night and had a small snack at a cafe in the Piazza della Republica. After that we walked up to the Piazza de Michaelangelo again and watched the sunset with a couple of bottles of wine and some cheese and some other UGA people that are studying abroad here. Wine is only2-5 Euros here, and incredible. TJ went out last night and I stayed in with another bottle of wine and some really cool Brits at the campsite bar overlooking the River. Upon waking, TJ and I ate a nice breakfast with some cappucino and headed down to the city to see the David in the Galleria Academica. After seeing it in person, I can truly say that photographs do not do it justice. The david is massive, and astonishing to see. Afterward, TJ went to another museum and I headed back to the camp to rest and shoot off an email or two. In a few minutes, I'm going to go pack to the Piazza de Michaelangelo and open a new bottle of wine for the sunset. Florence is a really cool town, but everything is expensive, with the exception of wine and leather. This internet session is a euro per ten minutes. I'm very much looking forward to being in Corfu and having a brief hiatus from travelling and touring. Pictures will be posted when the internet is not so expensive!
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Thanks for the effort Byron, I'm enjoying your trip. Red wine, or white wine? What kind? Or have you not gotten that sophisticated? For Italy, I recommend Hawkes Bay Sauvignon Blanc. Look at your glass after you've drunk red: if it's still red, it's food coloring.
Did you check out the duomo? I think I remember some beautiful green marble work on the outside, also those famous statues all lined up outside somewhere, including Benevenuto Cellini's Perseus holding the Medusa head. Ah, it would be nice to be there Byron. Maybe Chianti is the wine I'd choose.
I actually have tried a number of wines now, a chianti, a pinot grigio, and a few others. Unfortunately on the way to the sunset steps today, I dropped the new bottle of pinot all over the floor. The line for the duomo was incredibly long so I never made it inside, but the facade is amazing green white and red marble. I saw the perseus statue as well. I took a bunch of pictures of that piazza, which houses a number of other, and equally impressive sculptures.
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