As soon as I got off my plane from Paris and made my way back home to Florence, I met up with Cassy and Beth for lunch. It was such a neat feeling to see Beth in my favorite city and to have her actually being able to see and experience the place I love so much. We had a very enjoyable lunch and then Cassy had to go babysit so I took Beth out to see some of my favorite places. We went to Piazza Michelangelo, San Lorenzo leather market, ate gelato, went across the Ponte Vecchio, past the Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens and to Romana.
Since we were by Romana, we went to one of my favorite restaurants for dinner, Osteria Santa Spirito. We split delicious ravioli with cream walnut sauce, rigatoni with tomato sauce and salt ricotta, and spinach. After dinner, Beth was exhausted from traveling all day and not sleeping on the planes so we returned to the apartment. The FSU librarian was nice enough to let us stay there for free.
The next morning we woke up and headed towards the Duomo. We climbed to the top to see another beautiful view of Florence.
The ticket we bought also gave us free entry into the Baptistry so we quickly walked through there before heading to the Central Market. We strolled through the vendors selling meat, fresh cheese, pasta, olive oil, spices, dried fruit, and fresh fruit and veggies. We bought some fresh strawberries and four peaches for only 2 euro and some dried pineapple and melon. We ate out little snack on the steps of San Lorenzo church before walking back through the main city center of Florence and to Gusta Pizza for lunch. After lunch, we went shopping at the cutest store, Brandy Melville. We walked past the Ospidale degli Innocenti and into the church that's in that piazza. We then returned to the apartment to rest before meeting Cassy at Piazza Republica before dinner. We walked through Florence before going to Anita's for dinner followed by La Carria for gelato. We went out for a drink and then to secret bakery.
The next morning we woke up and tried to see David. Even though we got there when it opened, the line was already 2 hours long. We decided to use the passes from the duomo to climb the bell tower because they were still valid.
We went back to San Lorenzo for one more quick walk through before heading to the study center and Natalino's for a sandwich for lunch. Then it was back to the apartment to pack and off to Pisa! It was such a great 3ish days with Beth in Florence and it was so fun to be able to show her my city.
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