More of Florence

3/22/15

Day 66

My friends Brett and Sophia wanted to get lunch but I was being cheap so I told them I'd just meet up with them after.

We ended up exploring the parts of Florence I haven't been to before and some I have seen a lot and getting gelato from the gelato shop at the end of the Ponte Carraia (the bridge 2 down from the Ponte Vecchio). Enjoy my spam of Florence:

^You can see the old city gate. You could tell we were far from the historical center because it was suddenly really quiet in this part of town. 

^My new favorite street in all of Florence. 

I also got an EstaTHE  and the weather was nice so it was a relaxing way to spend the day. I discovered a lot of churches that I want to check out in the Oltrarno area (across the river). One in particular looks like it would be fun to climb to the top but I need to figure out how to go about that. 

Having been to a few different cities now, I'm starting to figure out what exactly I like about traveling. Three of my favorite things are unique architecture, a high place with a good view of the city, and street markets. Florence has all of the above. Near the church with the Brancacci chapel (which I need to come back to soon) there was a market set up in the piazza. It wasn't as big as the leather market or Cascine, but it was cool to stumble upon. 

All the walking took a toll on my new boots that I got for 10€- but then again I did get them for 10€. I'm still holding out hope that I might be able to revive them with some superglue when I get home but they're out of action for the rest of Italy. :( 

After the boots tragedy, I returned to my bed to work on scheduling my classes for next year and also to plan out last minute trips to all the places I want to see before I leave. It's crunch time! As I worked, I got creative with my dinner because I'm sick of tortellini every day. I had a frozen pizza and I put pesto on it (pesto pizza is the GREATEST btw) with spearmint tea and Greek yogurt in honey and bicolor Nutkao (like nutella, but half of it is cream) with Frollini cookies. I feasted.