We spent a full morning in Venice before heading toward Firenze. Took the vaporetto to the railway station and vegged a bit before catching the speed train to Florence. After trying to get up from the floor where we were sitting, Teagan fell victim to our first backpack turtle ... Not fun for her but soooooooo funny for us!!
The speed trains of Italy are definitely the new way to go. They are fast and comfortably air conditioned with nice big reclining seats. We were actually alone in our carriage for over half of our trip. Lovely! We'll take another one between here and Rome in a couple of days.
Our pensione is nice and close to the railway station and is about 6 or 7 minutes walking from the Duomo. Emanuela, the woman who works the reception desk, is absolutely lovely and has been so welcoming. She reminded us of the wait times for things like the Uffizi and Galleria Academia, and even booked us reservations so we could avoid long lines.
After a check in and cool down, we got the Firenze lowdown from Emanuela, who pointed us in the direction of good food, good gelato, good shopping and some nice places to visit that are not typical tourist stops. We wandered around and found some shops where the girls bought some cute dresses that will be nice and cool now that we have entered the warmer part of the trip. Marjorie and I have seen so many cute sundresses since we have been here. Must be so much cooler! And very trendy and IN!
That's about it for the day, Friends.
Sisterhood, out.
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