Firenze Day 3

After a huge thunderstorm during the night, Sunday morning the sun was shining and getting us in a great mood already :) Of course we had a late breakfast and then left for the Uffizi, the main art museum of Florence (and therefore of Europe some say :)). The problem was, we weren't the only ones, and we had to figure out that if you want a chance to get in, you have to make reservations for a specific time slot. The poor ones without a reservation (like us) have to queue in a non-moving queue (they let people enter every 20mn) which would have taken us over 2 hours to get in. So we gave up after almost an hour and instead went to take pictures of the many statues nearby. The originals (except for the bronze statues) are all kept in museums, but for amateurs like me it doesnt show.


Michelangelo's David (from David and Goliath)


Perseus with Medusa's head

After that we did some more walking in the streets, before getting back to the hotel to pick up our luggage and head to the train station. But before that, and instead of lunch, we got ourselves two huge ice-creams which were soooo good it was just... heaven.



Getting to the train station the dark clouds started gathering and we didnt escape some very heavy (but short) rain, but still managed to catch a bit of sunlight to take this picture of Santa Maria Novella.



All in all, the week-end was great, Florence is a beautiful city which is great for romantic getaways, the food was great, and it really felt like being on vacation...
Now I'm back in Rome, and Mark left this afternoon to get back to university in Hungary... those 2+ months with him passed so quick, and I'm already missing him! Szeretlek Mark...