Italian Renaissance

Sometimes it feels like so much has happened in the span of a day. Yesterday, we woke up in the Cinque Terre and caught a train to Pisa. We stayed a few hours in Pisa, long enough to climb the leaning tower, see the ruins of some Roman baths, and eat an Italian sandwich. Then we hopped on another train for Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance. Before the end of the day in Florence, we had marveled at Michaelangelo's David, climbed Brunelleschi's dome atop the Duomo cathedral, strolled to the Palazzo Vecchio with statues of a few of the ninja turtle artists on the way, and ate another amazing Italian dinner just a block away from the Arno river. I shouldn't forget that there was at least one Gelato stop in there too, as we always plan for in Italy.

Today, it was on to Rome after trying some pasta and pecorino cheese at the mercato centrale. We could definitely have spent more time in Florence, but since this is a highlights of Europe trip we'll have to come back another time. We have several days to stay put in Rome, so look forward to more posts about Rome later, arrivederci.

(sorry, no pictures this time because we haven't had a chance to download them from the camera.)