Exploring Florence

View of the Ponte Vecchio from the top of the mountain

The beautiful garden restaurant

I started the day off getting up and trying to get tickets for the Accademia Museum with dad so we could go see Michaelangelo's sculpture of David. When we got there we realized that they needed to see both Tobin and I to prove we were actually our age! So we went home and got Tobin. While dad waited in line, Tobin and I went to get smoothies. I ordered a mango smoothie but I don't think they understood what I meant because they just threw the whole mango into the blender and blended it!!!!!! Lolololol! When I got it, there were green chunks floating in it and it was inedible!! So the lady made me a new strawberry, banana smoothie that I was very happy with! We ended up just getting the museum tickets for tomorrow morning. After that the whole family left to go to a food market. At the market Tobin and I both got lost so many times!!!! There were so many people and so many corners to turn that if one of us just stopped and looked at something, the rest would be gone! I ended up getting fish and chips to eat for lunch after a long time trying to decide what to eat! We walked back to our flat and had a little bit of a rest before heading out to see the inside of the huge Duomo. Unfortunately the outside was so detailed and stunning that the inside wasn't that good compared to it (it was still decent)!! Then we walked around the squares a little bit and just explored the beautiful city of Florence! I need to remind you that it is honestly so hot in Florence, it's hard to walk. We don't even need ice cream because we are walking human ice cream cones!!! The more time we spend outside, the more we melt into the ground!!!! Since it was so unbelievably hot out, we had to take another little rest at our house before dinner! Before dinner we went up to the very top of Florence and watched the sunset from the Piazzale Michaelangelo. You could see the gorgeous Ponte Vecchio bridge and all the little houses as the sun lit up the sky with different colours of orange and red. For dinner we went to this magical outdoor restaurant where you sat in the garden. I loved the place so much! There were lanterns all strung up, a little field in behind where you could run around, and comfy couches to sit on. I was really excited because my parents ordered this appetizer dish that came with cantaloupe that I absolutely loved and this really good fried bread!!!!!!!! We then walked home and went to bed.