florence is a nice much needed break from rome. rome was really hectic, hard to navigate and sometimes stressful. florence doesn't have the constant buzz that rome has. the touristy part of florence is really small, it takes about 20 minutes to walk from one end to the other.
we haven't really had a bad meal since we've been in italy, but the food in florence is much better. we went to the central food market today, kind of by the train station. we ate at some little cafe that reheated their food in the microwave, but still delicious. couldn't go wrong for 15 euros.
we went to the accademia today to check out david. it's huge! it's in a small museum and costs almost 10 euros if you make a reservation. the reservation is worth the 3 extra euros, or you'll stay in line waiting 2 hours to spend at most a half hour in the museum.
we also went to the medici chapels to see more michelangelo stuff. very impressive although i was disappointed that the laurentian library was closed.
there's tons of restoration going on at every site, including half of the duomo. not very nice to look at with scaffolding all over the place.
i would post more pictures, but it's a pain in the ass to post on blogger. plus i'm being timed at internet cafes.
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