Today, I woke up around ten, Pat and the girls came over, I put Pat in charge of making amazing breakfast sandwiches for everyone again while I got ready. They headed off to the Uffizi, a huge museum just across the river, I’m waiting to go till I get my Uffizi pass so I can get in for free! So I went up some stairs that I always see while walking to school and explored this huge hill and walked down and up some winding roads… for a while I was just walking around this wall and every so often there was a door, so I’d try and peek in the doors but it was just green pasture looking scenery – I came to find out later that it was part of the Boboli Gardens which is behind the Palazzo Pitti (Pitti Palace) which is like a two minute walk from my apartment. I then met up with Tony and we went to the Boboli Gardens, which were amazing. We walked around and talked for a good 1.5 hours. I think that is definitely my favorite part of Florence so far. I love cities that have parks in the middle of them (aka London and New York) and I had yet to find one in Florence – something that I thought was definitely missing – and I’m really glad I did. I’m excited too because as soon as I get my Uffizi pass, I’ll be able to go into the gardens for free and you could basically consider them my back yard (think the walk from Kappa to Pi Kapp – it’s that close; for Pho-town people, the walk from, wait what am I saying, we don’t walk anywhere…)!! So, anyways I can’t wait to just go and sit in the gardens for hours and hours and take picnics there and such like that!! After the gardens, we grabbed lunch from this place called The Oil Shoppe, best and cheapest sandwiches in Florence by far, and then it was time for the boys to leave L so I escorted them to the train station and said good bye with the hope of visiting Rome again soon! On my way home I stopped by a gelato place about two bridges down from me and I’m excited to say that not only do I think I just found the best gelato I’ve had since I’ve been here, but it was also the cheapest – 1euro!! So, yeah that’s definitely going to become a staple snack while I’m here!! Anyways, I think today has been my favorite day in Florence so far, it probably helped that it was 70 degrees out and I got to wear flip flops – ps I was born to live in flip flop weather. But I definitely re-fell in love with the city cannot wait/really hope that the weather stays nice! Next weekend, we are taking a trip to Interlaken, Switzerland; it’s in the Alps and I’m so excited to ski (or snowboard… haven’t decided which yet, any suggestions?) I’ll update you all soon!
April 2, 2008
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