So we arrived midday in Florence. We have been here before a long time ago, with Julian and his parents, but didn't mind coming back for just one night. We visited Il Domo.. It is unbelievable how many tourists are here and it is not even the height of summer yet. We sat on the steps of the church watching the 'gypsies' begging and then becoming quickly scarce when the carbinari were in sight. We finally ventured into the church, Il Domo is quite beautiful but still pales in comparison to St. Pete's in Rome.
We then visited a 'paper' shop on the way to our hotel.. It's a shop run by a few older gentleman who are the best sales people I have ever experienced. As soon as I walked in one of the guys showed me how they make their special hand painted paper, he was really sweet. They usually charge 4 euros for a sheet but they gave it to me as a gift - the gesture was so nice!
So we are only here for one night and then off to the lake region for more relaxation.. Life is good!
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