Today I spent some time working with Peter looking at video signals and doing the usual “work” stuff and then we headed off to Florence’s city center via the hotel shuttle. We had registered for a walking tour of the city so I was very excited to get a closer look at all the majestic buildings that Florence had to offer. Before the tour was to begin I did some shopping around and bought my sisters a bunch of interesting clothes (I hope they like them!). It’s funny how many shops are set up in touristy areas and how hard some of the people selling stuff try to convince you that they’re giving you a great bargain. Anyways I did however get some good bargains (in my opinion) and went on a little shopping spree. After that I met up with Peter and we went on our walking tour. Turns out we had signed up for the bilingual tour so the guy giving the tour spoke German and English at every place we stopped. I found that a little annoying but we still saw all the main attractions of Florence. The cites in Florence are absolutely beautiful! I’ve only posted a few pictures here but whenever I do get highspeed internet I’ll post lots more somewhere. I didn’t take any pictures in the main city church (it’s the fifth largest church in the world by the way) BUT the artwork inside of it was absolutely unbelievable. The walking tour lasted for two hours and was pretty good because I learned a lot about the history of the city. I don’t think it was worth the price they charged me though! After that I then went to a few more places that hadn’t been covered by the tour guide and took some real nice pictures of Florence. Walking for nearly six hours really got me tired so after eating a very nice (and cheap!) dinner I took the bus back to the hotel to do a little bit of planning for the days to come and also to begin filling out expense reports because I’ll need money soon. I booked the hotels for Milan and also Switzerland so we should be on our way. I’m actually very excited about going to Switzerland. Tomorrow we leave for Milan with a stop off at the leaning tower of Pisa!
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