From the Forum to Florence
Jul. 16th, 2006 11:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
taylweaverHi all. Here is another late night update.
Today was yet another day filled with random delays and things that did not go according to plan. that having been said, it all worked out in the end... though we are two very footsore travelers.
We began at the Colliseum and got there good and early - we beat the crowds and the heat - and also the first scheduled English tour so we did the audio tour instead - and it went just fine. We also took many photos. (Alas, my card reader decided to have issues, so my photos will have to wait a month - but Matthew's should be up sooner.
We saw the Arch of Constantine from inside the Colliseum, then passed it on the way to the Forum. In the Forum, we managed to just miss a tour in the other direction - that is, it started about five minutes before we got there. So we wandered around on our own - and thankfully found a guide who gave us the hyper-crazy tour because we were in a rush - but it was enough. Plus, it gave us just enough time to head off to our train...
... except that we didn't realize that paperless ticket (online) really meant paperless, and managed to miss the train while trying to print it out.
Thankfully, we got on the next one for 8 Euros more.
Of course, it meant we had to take our bags with us directly to the Ufizzi. And did I mention the taxi strike? Thankfully, it was only a 15 minute walk - though that was long enough with all the added weight.
The Ufizzi was rather interesting - or would have been had we had a bit more energy. Once again, audio tours are wonderful things - and we did all the rooms - but we were exhausted! By the time we finally found the exhibit we wanted to see - one on all aspects of the life of Leonardo Da Vinci - we were too tired to get the full effect - but it was still a very cool exhibit on how he approached the world - he was very into things like balance and patterns and geometry and such. Very cool stuff. Alas, in very hot rooms - but what can you do?
Somehow, after even more walking with heavy bags (we had a break from them in the museum), we found our B+B for the night, and took a break to rest our feet before heading back out for a so-so kosher dinner that was far away but necessary - we needed real food after the lunch we had on the train - remember that emergency shabbat food I mentioned in the last entry?
And now it is off to bed - would you believe![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mbarr is already asleep?
Tomorrow, we will wander around Florence and enjoy the city sans backpacks. We are looking forward to not having to carry them again until Tuesday.
Today was yet another day filled with random delays and things that did not go according to plan. that having been said, it all worked out in the end... though we are two very footsore travelers.
We began at the Colliseum and got there good and early - we beat the crowds and the heat - and also the first scheduled English tour so we did the audio tour instead - and it went just fine. We also took many photos. (Alas, my card reader decided to have issues, so my photos will have to wait a month - but Matthew's should be up sooner.
We saw the Arch of Constantine from inside the Colliseum, then passed it on the way to the Forum. In the Forum, we managed to just miss a tour in the other direction - that is, it started about five minutes before we got there. So we wandered around on our own - and thankfully found a guide who gave us the hyper-crazy tour because we were in a rush - but it was enough. Plus, it gave us just enough time to head off to our train...
... except that we didn't realize that paperless ticket (online) really meant paperless, and managed to miss the train while trying to print it out.
Thankfully, we got on the next one for 8 Euros more.
Of course, it meant we had to take our bags with us directly to the Ufizzi. And did I mention the taxi strike? Thankfully, it was only a 15 minute walk - though that was long enough with all the added weight.
The Ufizzi was rather interesting - or would have been had we had a bit more energy. Once again, audio tours are wonderful things - and we did all the rooms - but we were exhausted! By the time we finally found the exhibit we wanted to see - one on all aspects of the life of Leonardo Da Vinci - we were too tired to get the full effect - but it was still a very cool exhibit on how he approached the world - he was very into things like balance and patterns and geometry and such. Very cool stuff. Alas, in very hot rooms - but what can you do?
Somehow, after even more walking with heavy bags (we had a break from them in the museum), we found our B+B for the night, and took a break to rest our feet before heading back out for a so-so kosher dinner that was far away but necessary - we needed real food after the lunch we had on the train - remember that emergency shabbat food I mentioned in the last entry?
And now it is off to bed - would you believe
mbarr is already asleep?Tomorrow, we will wander around Florence and enjoy the city sans backpacks. We are looking forward to not having to carry them again until Tuesday.
