And it showed when we hit up Florence today. A very crowded place so the bus was the transport for us. 3 euros each way and no headache with the parking. After being dropped at the bus station we looked for the return pickup spot and naturally it wasn't at the drop off point but we did find it and being secure in the knowledge that we knew when and how to get the return bus off we set to explore.
Heading for the Ponte Vechio (bridge in pic) we sauntered through streets packed with traffic and sightseeing groups. It is amazing to see that all of the building, at least 400 years old have modern occupants, heritage can accommodate modernism if the political will is there - Canada should take note. Crossing the bridge we entered the area with the sites, the Uffizi, the home of renaissance art, where the entrance lines were only a couple of hours long, the main Piazza ringed with statues of the gods and others wound around to a lunch spot and then into the Duomo (the cathedral). Both of us remain unimpressed with the interiors of the churches we have seen so far, definitely not up to the opulence of the Belgian ones we saw a few years ago.
On our way back to the bus, about four o clock, we noticed a stop for the City bus tour. 10 euros each and an hour on the bus showed us all the sights, including Galileo's house (in the pic).
Back to Greve - the bus trip was longer as the workers had to get home on this bus and it delivered them to visiting all the small villages between Florence and Greve.
A quick trip to the bake shop and it was tea and cakes for supper.
Sienna tomorrow
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