At first I was displeased that my high speed train from Venice to Florence finished the last 45 minutes of the two hour trip speeding through tunnels under the Tuscan hills. God dammit I wanted to see some scenery prior to my arrival.
Yet there I am, standing on a hill perched above the city below looking out onto beautiful countryside sprawling beyond the city of Florence...and thats when I understood. Why tarnish such an extraordinary thing?
Florence is old, charming, and full of crazy dudes in little cars and on motorcycles. Small enough to walk around and see everything on foot in a few hours, but large enough to give you the feel of a city. The narrow cobbled walkways close in on you, and one or two wrong turns in the wrong direction or down the wrong street could end with you being lost for quite some time.
Another thing I must touch on is that Italians are crazy about their churches. The Duomo was nice and all that, but the interior of some of the lesser known ones were to die for. Baroque, Gothic, Renaissance...you can see and understand the history of this city just from walking in and out of these places!
What did I think the best part about my time in Firenze was?
The Food.
A friend from the hostel and I decided to check out a restaurant close to the Uffizi Gallery that was recommended by the hostel. We both figured "how good could this possibly be?"
Well it turned out that we had perhaps one of the best meals of our entire lives at this restaurant!
First Courses: bruscetta and salami cold cuts and mixed crostinis.
Second courses: homeade papperdelle with a duck sauce and lasagna.
Final course: a gigantic steak florentine that was perfectly cooked, seasoned to an uncredible medium rare, and was the icing on the cake for both of us.
I knew I was going to eat well in italy, but seriously, my life couldnt have been better at that moment in time.
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Location:Florence, Italy
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