Today was the day we spent in Florence. We woke up an hour earlier than usual so that we could catch the train. We took the metro to the train station and boarded the train. It was my first time on a train so that was really cool. I liked it, getting to see the Italian countryside from a train car was so cool. It’s totally different from anything we have back home. Once we got to Florence we met our tour guide and started the tour. We thought that the David statue was going to be part of the tour but sadly it was not. We saw the outside of the Medici Chapel. And we saw the Ponte Vecchio, the bridge that wasn’t bombed in World War II. We also saw a replica of an important door (which I can’t remember the name of. Sorry, I’m tired again.) The original was damaged in the flood Florence had a while back. Then we took a tour of the Uffizi gallery that lasted about four hours long. It was enjoyable but very tedious. Standing still that long wasn’t very fun, even if the art was fascinating. There was a lot of religious art too, most of it being either Christian art or art for the Greek and Roman gods.

After that tour we had around an hour to shop in the market, which was probably the most fun part of the day. I bought almost all of the gifts I wanted for friends and family back home and a few things for myself. It was strange to be able to haggle the prices down, in a good way. After that hour had past our tour guide took us to an American themed restaurant. I personally didn’t enjoy it. It was a little comforting to have food similar to back home but I wanted to continue eating Italian meals. After dinner we went back to the train station and said goodbye to our tour guide. Then we boarded the train for our ride home, which was absolutely beautiful. It was great to see the country side from a train car but now the sun was setting and everything was just gorgeous. I got a couple pictures; I didn’t care if the train window had a few smudges. Once we got back to the hotel we all headed to our rooms to write our blogs like I’m doing now and call it a night.