Firenze and Pisa
Just a quick update before we head to Milan tomorrow.
We didn't end up seeing David (the statue) yesterday but instead took a walk down of of the main shopping streets here in Florence (shopping is HUGE here) and walked over to the Michaelangelo lookout, on a hill on the other side of the river. Why does it have that name, well because of the (other) replica of David in the middle of the carpark at the top. You almost start to wonder how many replicas they actually did make.
These are a select few of the photos I was able to upload yesterday.
Anyway, today we did a bit more walking in the morning (Jeni was exhausted by lunch) and then jumped on a train to Pisa. We did learn one thing today - that the Italian train system is a mess. The voice over at the train station was telling us two different things about the train to Pisa, and the train we eventually jumped on was the faster one - but the destination had a different name. On the way home, a voice over on the train had everyone in the carriage confused (even those that spoke Italian) but a man came thru and told us we had to change trains at the next station. Anyway, after trying to fix all the passengers on one train half the size, they told us another train was leaving earlier from other platform. Then everyone scrambled to get to the other train. We gave up trying to even get on the platform by the time we realised what the announcement was and just stayed on the later train.
That wasn't the only transport dramas we had today. Long story short (running out of internet time) we hopped on the wrong bus at Pisa and ended up 30 minutes later back at the trainstation. We then went in search of an information office, and the correct but before finding the Tower. Took the usual touristy photos which I will upload at another time.
Anyway, internet has run out. Heading to Milan tomorrow. Ciao
We didn't end up seeing David (the statue) yesterday but instead took a walk down of of the main shopping streets here in Florence (shopping is HUGE here) and walked over to the Michaelangelo lookout, on a hill on the other side of the river. Why does it have that name, well because of the (other) replica of David in the middle of the carpark at the top. You almost start to wonder how many replicas they actually did make.
These are a select few of the photos I was able to upload yesterday.
Anyway, today we did a bit more walking in the morning (Jeni was exhausted by lunch) and then jumped on a train to Pisa. We did learn one thing today - that the Italian train system is a mess. The voice over at the train station was telling us two different things about the train to Pisa, and the train we eventually jumped on was the faster one - but the destination had a different name. On the way home, a voice over on the train had everyone in the carriage confused (even those that spoke Italian) but a man came thru and told us we had to change trains at the next station. Anyway, after trying to fix all the passengers on one train half the size, they told us another train was leaving earlier from other platform. Then everyone scrambled to get to the other train. We gave up trying to even get on the platform by the time we realised what the announcement was and just stayed on the later train.
That wasn't the only transport dramas we had today. Long story short (running out of internet time) we hopped on the wrong bus at Pisa and ended up 30 minutes later back at the trainstation. We then went in search of an information office, and the correct but before finding the Tower. Took the usual touristy photos which I will upload at another time.
Anyway, internet has run out. Heading to Milan tomorrow. Ciao
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