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Made it to Florence

May 22nd, 2009 | Posted by mikeharder in Life | Musings | Travel

Quick update. We made it to Florence. This place is amazing. Even cooler than Rome. The Dwomo, a huge intricate Renaissance church, took our breath away. It was so huge and full of color. Tabitha actually stopped walking when she saw it.

We are in the Uffuzi museum right now about half way through but nned to take a break. Saw some Da Vinci’s and a ton of Michelangelo’s. We have been using Rick Steves’ audio tours courtesy of iTunes. It’s an amazing free resourse. We will see the David later on today at the Academia museum. Our hotel hooked us up with reservations. Another Rick Steves tip. If you want to know the best tool for this journey it was buying Rick’s book.

We are both a bit tired. We got up at 5:15 to grab a train to Florence. The Eurostar is so fast. The only problem we had was that all the train departure signs glitched out. So we wandered around the train station for 30 nerve wracking minutes until we found the right train. This has been such an adventure to figure things out as we go.

I will try to post pictures later if our hotel has wifi.

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6 Responses

  • Mrs. McGoo says:

    hope I’m not obnoxious yet – just know how bloggers like comments. :) ha ha. Glad ya’ll are safe and continuing the journey. Still jealous but so excited for you both!!! FUN FUN FUN. Keep us posted.

    • mikeharder says:

      You aren’t obnoxious at all. I am glad that the pictures look decent. I can’t tell with my phone. You and Kelly need to do this. I don’t know why I didn’t do this sooner!

  • Michele Webb says:

    Make sure to leave some time for Tab to shop for shoes and purses in Florence!!

    • mikeharder says:

      Ha ha. She is shopping right now. She has done a good job of showing restraint though. I think the though of carting everything around slows things down. :-)

  • Brad Dunlap says:

    looks like you guys are having fun! had a good day at church today. miss you guys…have a great time next week!