Day 5 & 6- Playing Tourist!

I'm baaaack! So for most of the weekend I played tourist in Firenze Centro taking pictures of everything I saw...LOL....(I know that doesn't sound like me at all...HAH!). I have a TON of pics posted on FB but here are some of the most beautiful ones. I am going to try and head DT each day this week and see one or two more things. I have afternoons off so I may as well make as much use of it as I can!

The pics above are (right to left):

1) Ponte Vecchio- Shop's-filled bridge crossing the Arno River

2) Palazza Vecchio- Florence's Town Hall

3 & 4) The Duomo Cathedral up close

5) The bronze doors of the Battistero

Saturday I went down DT all day. I ate at a little alley restaurant called Australiano- an Australian Eatery; they even had Burgers and French Fries! However being in Italy I feel like I can NOT eat American foods so I have tried to stick to Italian dishes. I ate the best bruschetta I have ever tasted, made with fresh bread & tomatoes and margherita pizza..mmmmmmm!

After touring Centro from 10:30am- 4pm I headed home to take a nap. Saturday night I went back DT to eat dinner and get some pictures of the city at night. And can I just say WOW. I ate at a restaurant called Regginella, a Cucinca Toscana. The wine was phenomenal, the food even better, I met two Canadian couples and the waiters there were all alot of fun and spoke fluent english (along with about 3-4 other languages!!-- quite incredible!).

Sunday was a little more quiet. I lazed around until about 2pm with the patio doors open and sunshine pouring in :) Michelle, Simone and I went back to centro for the afternoon just to walk around. The city was crazy-- it was beautiful out so it was PACKED. We had a drink (God bless espresso) before heading back to the suburbs for dinner with Simone's parents.

Simone's parents are true Italians and ADORABLE. His father even reminds me of my dad a little bit-- he's SO cute! At dinner I felt like I was in a movie--his mother cooked and abundence of food (including fresh vegetables from his fathers garden) and an Italian variation of roast beef ( I think...lol)..mmmm, they all talked with their hands....ALOT. It was really fun to watch them interact (as his parents do not speak english at all)....talk about being immersed in Italian culture- incredible.

After that we packed up and headed back to my apartment-- exhausted from a full weekend!! This week should be busy- work here is picking up. We will see what tomorrow brings! (this weekend I head to Venice-- WOO HOO!!)

Ciao!

The link to the other pictures: http://unb.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2034954&l=737cd&id=121403429