Italy 2018 Travelogue Posts Recap
Yesterday I finally published the last entry in my series of travelogue posts that chronicled my trip to Italy last year with my parents. For…
Venice 2018: Transit and Arrival
From Siena my parents and I took a bus through the rainy Tuscan hill country back to Florence and there we boarded a train headed…
Florence 2018: Departure
It was a cold, rainy morning when we packed up our backpacks and prepare to leave Florence. I wasn’t feeling so great that morning, having…
Florence 2018: Dinner at Mercato Centrale
For dinner on our final night in Florence we went back to the San Lorenzo Market and headed up the escalator to the restaurants on…
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Florence 2018: Pitti Palace
It was already the afternoon when we finally finished at the Uffizi Gallery and we then crossed the Ponte Vecchio to the south side of…
Florence 2018: Uffizi Gallery
It was a rainy day in Florence as we got in line at the Uffizi Gallery. Thankfully the entry lines at the Uffizi are shielded…
Florence 2018: Mercato Centrale
After breakfast one morning we went over to Mercato Centrale, which is the indoor part of the San Lorenzo Market. Located just a short distance…
Florence 2018: Cathedral Museum
The main part of the Florence Cathedral had closed for the day when we got down from climbing the dome so we unfortunately missed out…
Florence 2018: Climbing the Cathedral’s Dome
By the time we were finished with the cathedral’s baptistry it was close to our reserved time for climbing the dome and we got in…
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Florence 2018: Baptistery of Saint John
When we came down from the top of the cathedral’s bell tower we next visited the Baptistery of Saint John, which is right in front…
