you started late as it's not in your agenda to venture out of your farm stay but he insisted. you took the country road to florence, it's just 22km away from where you stay. you follow the advised and parked your car at piazza micheangelo which is the only free car park just outside the city.
you arrived at noon, welcomed by the saute of david, among many tour buses, tourist and car that seeking for a free parking space. you're thankful you manage to get one space within minutes of waiting.
at the viewing platform of plaza michelangelo, the florentine skyline unfolds to you. it's the scene you remember from 2 decades ago. the spetacular city panorama in front of you with the replicas of david behind you. .the view of florence from here is superb, you marvelled a the florentine's sky line from the piazza you could see florence duomo clearly from here.
from here you stroll down slowly, crossing ponte alle grazie with ponte vecchio on the other side, and you enter the city center of florence. the duomo, cathedral was your target bt you decided to get lost and let the city surprised you.
so you walked through endless streets, piazza and historical monuments, some you don't even know their existence but they are charming anyway.
you queue for the duomo and get in to see the interior of the cathedral.
this is some thing new to you. inside is bare but with a few ceiling window that allow the light to flow in. an interesting frescoes painting of the dome. florence is a lot pleasant to visit compare to pisa. both cities probably have the similar density of tourist but florence is definitely pleasant.
from here, you look for the archaeology museum that he wants to visit, on the way en-route for a quick lunch, a cold platter and probably the cheapest lunch for just 5 euros.
some street artist works as you slowly venture out the city towards the piazza micheangelo.
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