GOOSE

sweetness. today florence was beautiful. colleen and i hit the 10 am train to florence (well, it was actually the 10:55 as we missed the 9:45 -- long story) but let me tell you, this city is incredible! there is just so much to see... in the earlier part of the day, one of the things we came across was the Mercato Centrale, this was a huge 1950's building/warehouse kind of structure in which all kinds of food was sold. it was freaking huge, anything that you wanted could be found especially all kinds of cheeses and meats. we had lunch at this place in Piazza di Mercato Centrale - colleen had a slice of pizza for $3.oo and a had a delicious calzone for $4.50. after lunch we headed west to the Arno River. after hours of looking at all the street vendors at the various street markets we finally made it to the Ponte Vechio. from there we went south and looped back around through one of the other city bridges. after that we hit the the church of San Lorenzo. in this church one can find works from the best architects and artist of their times -- Brunelleschi and the famous Michelangelo. too bad i actually didn't see the the work of Michelangelo but there will be more opportunities later on. it was also shitty that they wouldn't let us take pis of the damn church. oh well, maybe i'll take an illegal photo another day. just as the day was ending colleen and i tried our first gelato in italy -- it was amazing. another day of happiness

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