Bella Italia, Day 2

Today was such a beautiful experience! There was so much to do and see. We woke up early and had another great meal, my favorite were the chocolate croissants. After breakfast we caught a train into Florence and walked strait to The Duomo... it was sooooo huge and amazing. The paintings, and especially the view! We climbed up, AND down 463 steps... pretty tough, but well worth the view of the amazing city below. we stayed at the top in the rain just loving everything about the city for about 30 minutes. we took tons of pictures and video.

After the climb we went to the main town Plaza and got lunch, very good also, pizza, what else:) then we all went and got our first Italian Gelato. We went to the leather shops and picked out some cheap, cute stuff. We were all exhausted and rode the bus home to another amazing dinner of Rosas:)

The Italians are very helpful and friendly. its a good place to be. i am just excited to see the sun in the next few days. we might take a trip over to the beach this weekend.

oh, also, i am keeping a running list of my Gelato flavors... i am going for a different one every time:
Nutella
Chocolate Mint
Chocolate Chip (and yes, all in one day so far, but one of them was two scoops, so only two times today)
and the most recent... Salty Chocolate

P.S. these are not the only pictures i will post, it just takes so long and we have such a short window for internet that i will just keep adding them as i can.