Well finally getting on to part two of my adventure, I could say I haven't had time, but I would be lying. I only work '12 Stunde' per week - which is meant to mean 12 hours, but actually its 12 periods at school per week, which only equals 9hours as the periods are only 45min long..
Florence: Day Six
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| The Catherdal in Florence |
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| View from Top after 463 stairs! |
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| Definitely worth it! (That is the bell tower of the cathedral) |
We started our day in Florence with the cathedral which was one of the most prettiest cathedrals I have seen. Most are quite Gothic style looking but the one in Florence looks like a mosaic on the outside made up of thousands of tiny little coloured tiles. After being given instruction that we must climb the dome from Emma (Addison's sister) we made our way up the 463 stairs, which actually spiral around inside the dome to the very top for an amazing view of Florence.
After we had caught our breath, soaked in the view and made our way down, we ventured on to see the Ponte Vecchio. On our way we stopped and saw this statue outside a museum. Just some guy on guy action.
The Ponte Vecchio apparently the most photographed bridge in Italy (maybe the world) and is famous for being the first bridge built by the Romans and for having shops also built on the bridge. The river unfortunately wasn't the nicest looking, being all brown.
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| Ponte Vecchio |
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| Maddie and I at the Ponte Vecchio |
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| Me on the way to Michael Angelo Square. |
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| Just another amazing street in Italy. |
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| Me and the (replica) Statue of David |
Next we made our way over the river and up a small hill to Michael Angelo Square, where the statue of David once lived. . There is just a replica statue in its place now. Sadly we learnt this after our visit so we thought we were viewing the actual statue of David. On the way we cut through some side streets, I just love the typical Italy street, narrow road with a thousand cars parked along each side and then just lined with coloured apartment type buildings
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| The Dome of the Cathedral |
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| View from the Bell tower of Florence and a bit of the Dome of the Cathedral |
Afterwards we conquered the bell tower next to the cathedral which had just as many steps but an equally amazing view of Florence, the cathedral and the dome.
Milan: Day Seven & Eight
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| The Milan Cathedral |
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| Fountain in Milan |
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| I can't resist a European looking bike for a photo! Love this bike. |
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| Oustide the castle |
Milan isn't very rich in sight seeing, most of it was destroyed after the war so it was rebuilt and is actually quite modern looking compared to the rest of Italy, wider streets and the buildings don't have as much character.
So why did we visit Milan... the shopping! Although I didn't buy much (a dress and a few tops), we did a lot of looking at all the shops Milan had to offer. It was nice to relax and stroll the city.
We did visit the cathedral which is the largest in.. Europe (don't quote me on that), but it took thousands of years to build, and was only officially completed a few years ago.
We also visited a castle, and had afternoon tea in the park, they were having a sign up day or something similar for a 5km fun run the following day, which we were tempted by for a free T-shirt, but couldn't work out how to sign up and was told it was 'impossible' by one official.
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| Afternoon tea in Milan |
Part Three to come..... Dijon, Nancy and Luxembourgh
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