Firenze

We loitered all day in this lazy little town and enjoyed every bit of it.

Firenze or Florence as it is known in English, is a beautiful city. Most of the buildings look similar with terracota tiled roofs & mostly yellow walls.

After moving through the streets, stopping by for gelato, our first destination was the Duomo. Its a wonderful cathedral with a stunning facade. The exterior is in pink, green and white and though some colours are faded, the entire facade looks stunning.

Right opposite the main entrance is another building which has an entire door of 3D carvings made of gold.

We climbed up the Cupola, which is about 500 steps and takes you right on the main dome of the Duomo. From here you get the most spectacular view of the Firenze city. Sine you can actually go around, you get a 360 deg birds eye view. We spent about 30 mins there and it was beautiful.

On our way down we stopped by tp admire the frescoes which adorn the inside walls of the roof. The hemispherical roof has some of the most amazing frescoes. The fact that someone can paint such huge ceilings with such beauty is unfathomable.

From here we strolled to the Arno canal which is a serene spot where we spotted enthusiastic kids practising rowing. There are 2 bridges over this canal which are full of jewellery shops and tiny bistros.

Over a hot bowl of soup and other italian food, we had a chilled out lunch. We spent the rest of the evening walking around the city. We also got a nice caricature done of the both of us.

On our way to dinner, we entered a square where there were some amazing musicians strumming up lovely jazz tunes. It was so nice, we could have spent hours there. But my cousins kids were getting restless and so we hurried for dinner.

The kids were well behaved all through the day and crashed right into bed the minute we hit the hotel. Well so did we :-)