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Back Again in Florence

Ciao! :)

In Florence right now. Yes! For the second time! Haha! This time with a husband :D

It's Day 2 of Italy-Fussen trip, and I've gotten myself a tan already. Forgot to bring my hat!! Sigh. So far it's been a beautiful time here, Pisa was okay, but Florence is amazing :) We painstakingly climbed 463 steps up to the top of the Duomo, got amazing views, gawked at churches (what else) which weirdly I didn't notice how beautiful they are or I must have forgotten when I came here 3 years ago. And the best part of today was getting our souvenir, a watercolour painting of Florence. We saw this particular artist with some of his paintings near San Lorenzo, and we were contemplating on getting it. After looking at other artists' and vendors' collections, we decided to go back to him but the initial one we wanted was already sold. But! We saw a work in progress at the side of his chair, not yet ready to be displayed. We asked if we could have him complete it and he said okay, so we watched as he completed the painting and bought it! Yay! It's pretty :) And it's amazing how artists paint! For talentless people like us, at least. Haha.


Yay! Finally! One souvenir! Now it makes us kinda regret not getting anything from Andalucia last winter.

Off for more sightseeing! :)
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