Saturday, July 7, 2007

Florence (ahh, fixed)

Won't let me title it (bastard application) but I'm in Florence and will fix that another time.
Florence is, in a way, more relaxed then Rome still. Just the atmosphere of the people. However, we are staying around the sites and the train station and there is this market by us, so there are crazy hawkers like you've never seen and they exhaust me because I do really want the soft leather briefcase/messenger bag that the nice lady claims that her husband makes, but I don't particularly have the energy to haggle the price down to something reasonable, even if that is still way more than I should be spending.
I did buy myself a pair of berkenstock sandals though. They have more styles than orginally and they are a pair of thongs that I am going to become quite partial to. They were also more than I should be spending, but my feet are tired of socks, as I had a slight suspicion they might become, but my $3 Superstore flip-flops start to dig into the side of my foot, although the rest of my foot felt better... whatever, it's a long story.
The train ride to Siena (a day trip between Rome and Florence) was beautiful, although it would have been much better in a car or something cause trains keep moving. And Siena was pleasant but I wasn't feeling well although the place we went for lunch was to die for. First great meal we've really had in Italy. So far, the food was not quite comparing to Greece. We also had awesome vegetable soup today in Florence.
So the Uffizzi and Accademia, although what they are known for was awesome, were a bit of a disappointment. Had to make reservations so there was no crazy line and so they both cost a ridiculous amount. Whatever. More tomorrow I hope. Gotta go

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