DAY TWO/THREE : June 19/20, 2011.

     When I arrived, I was exhausted. It was two in the morning, and so we had to check in to our next hotel in Florence, Italy. Our next reservations were made at Lungarno Hotel, and it was every bit as amazing as the first hotel. Being so tired, we didn’t bother to take any pictures until morning of our rooms. Once we awoke in the morning, everyone was prepared for our upcoming day at eleven o’clock. We all grabbed quick breakfast – doughnuts, bagels, muffins, and fruit. 

     We shopped at all the local markets to begin with, and then went to see  Piazza della Signoria, the heart of the historic center to view sculptures and many other historic things. After a couple hours spent there, we were all hungry so we chose a restaurant near our next stop, which would be the Duomo. It was a beautiful, traditional restaurant called Ristorante la Giostra. The food was cooked to perfection, and I couldn’t ask for a better dinner. We finished our most delicious meals, took photographs of the amazing restaurant, and then went to visit the Duomo di Firenze.

     It was about seven o’clock when we went to visit the cathedral, and the beauty of this place astonished me. It is one of the largest cathedrals in the world, and I just loved to take pictures of it, just to prove that I had actually seen it for myself! 

     We still had much to see in Italy, which is why we immediately left for Bologna, the third city scheduled to visit.