On June 29th, we visited Florence for the day. Florence is considered to be the birthplace of the Renaissance, and it’s home to many masterpieces from that time period.

We went to the Roma Termini train station and I noticed that it was like a mall except with trains. There’s a little train for kids at the mall near my house, but that’s not the same thing. There were a lot of stores and fast food places. At the Firenze SMN train station, there was even a Sephora, which is one of my favorite stores.

Riding the train was kind of interesting. I took a nap to catch up on lost sleep, since I sat by myself but I also looked out the window and saw the view when we weren’t going through tunnels. There were a lot of tunnels.

We arrived in Florence and immediately met our tour guide, Sally. We saw the Basilica of Santa Croce. It’s a minor Basilica of the Roman Catholic Church, where people such as Michelangelo, Galileo, and many others were buried. I found that amazing.

Another one of my favorite sites was the Ponte Vecchio, which was a bridge that had stores built on it as well. Most of them were fancy jewelry stores, but it was still pretty cool. Malachi had mentioned that this was in the first level of Assassin’s Creed, and I was thrilled to hear that.

We did some shopping while we were there. I got some jewelry and keychains from this market that we went to. After this, we saw something else really amazing. The Medici Family’s summer home! This was turned into an art museum, and it was gorgeous. It was a true representation of their wealth and power in the Renaissance.

I loved Florence, and would go back in a heartbeat. There’s still so many things to see.