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May. 8th, 2006 09:36 pmToday we went to an olive oil shop and bought a bunch of organic olive oil and a bottle of strawberry balsamic vinegar. We watched two cats walk across the rooftops of the buildings behind our hotel. At the end of our dinner, two Australian men were seated at our table, and we talked to them a little bit about Florence and Rhode Island (they had it confused with Nantucket, I think, but hey. :)) I had some completely inadvisable hot chocolate (delicious and rich and real, just the kind that gives me headaches! Yay!) and I nearly finished off our tiny peaches. I also bought presents (birthday/Christmas/souvenir/whatever) in the markets and shearling mittens and a kid's Firenze t-shirt (how touristy) for me. :)
We visited the inside of the Duomo today - the church part, we didn't climb the dome. Visiting the inside is free, and while Rick Steves claims the best part about it is the shade, I think he's being dumb. It's totally worth the time it takes to walk in at the end of the day and look around. It's all big and tall with a beautiful fresco and a 24 hour Roman numeral clock and marble floors. The shade was nice, sure, but not the best part at all. :)
I am already starting to dread the journey home - finding a train here from Roma termini was the most stressful part of our trip, and I'm not looking forward to getting the train back when getting to the airport on time is at stake. As it stands, we leaving very early so hopefully we'll have more then enough time to sort of any snags. Still, ugh. But I am looking forward to being home, too. Don't get me wrong - I love Florence and am really enjoying myself. I just have a bit of homesickness and I look forward to sleeping in my own bed and seeing my birdies again. (Hey, regular travelers, is homesickness normal even on a great trip? I feel weird, like I'm being ungrateful or unappreciative or something. But I really am loving my time here, it's just, you know, kind of exhausting to be Far From Home.)
I'ma go eat cheese and crackers with the boy now. Every morning we take some prewrapped cheese and crackers and Nutella from the breakfast downstairs and save it for our evening snack. :)
We visited the inside of the Duomo today - the church part, we didn't climb the dome. Visiting the inside is free, and while Rick Steves claims the best part about it is the shade, I think he's being dumb. It's totally worth the time it takes to walk in at the end of the day and look around. It's all big and tall with a beautiful fresco and a 24 hour Roman numeral clock and marble floors. The shade was nice, sure, but not the best part at all. :)
I am already starting to dread the journey home - finding a train here from Roma termini was the most stressful part of our trip, and I'm not looking forward to getting the train back when getting to the airport on time is at stake. As it stands, we leaving very early so hopefully we'll have more then enough time to sort of any snags. Still, ugh. But I am looking forward to being home, too. Don't get me wrong - I love Florence and am really enjoying myself. I just have a bit of homesickness and I look forward to sleeping in my own bed and seeing my birdies again. (Hey, regular travelers, is homesickness normal even on a great trip? I feel weird, like I'm being ungrateful or unappreciative or something. But I really am loving my time here, it's just, you know, kind of exhausting to be Far From Home.)
I'ma go eat cheese and crackers with the boy now. Every morning we take some prewrapped cheese and crackers and Nutella from the breakfast downstairs and save it for our evening snack. :)
