Honeymoon Part 2: Florence

After 3 full days in Rome, we took a train to Florence on Thursday, May 26th.We stayed at Hotel Rosso 23 in Piazza Santa Maria Novella.

We even had a little balcony!

We saw little tiny cars...

We visited the Ponte Vecchio bridge:

There were locks all over the ponte vecchio. Here's what I found about all the locks we saw everywhere:

"According to local legend in Florence, if you and your lover attach a lock to the gate surrounding the bust of famed goldsmith and sculptor Benvenuto Cellini, and throw the key into the Arno river below, your love will be eternal. No one knows where the practice originated, but now there are several places all over the world where you can find lovers padlocks, including thousands at the Great Wall of China. It is suspected that the tradition in Florence was the brainchild of a locksmith, who had a shop on the Ponte Vecchio, not a bad idea if you think about it. In the past, the bridge was home to butchers and fishmongers, but today the only type of merchants allowed to have shops on the bridge are jewelers and goldsmiths. Much more appropriate for such a romantic setting, don’t you think?"

This was my favorite lock!

 

Then we went to the Duomo. I took horrible pictures of the Duomo

I lit a candle in the Duomo

We visited the Pitti Palace and the Boboli Gardens

I had the best cheesecake I've ever had in my life at a place called ZaZa

We saw a bride!

and a Bachelorette!

We drank LOTS of cappuccino

And ate lots of Pizza!

I had another of the greatest desserts I've EVER had in my LIFE. I can't tell if I liked this more or the same as that cheesecake above. 2 Belgium waffles with Vanilla gelato in between. I seriously dream about how good this was...

 

We watched the sun set over Florence from Piazzale Michaelangelo

This isn't even the half of it for Florence! My favorite day in Florence was our wine tasting and cooking class and my favorite night was...well...the night we saw the Jersey Shore cast filming right outside our hotel room! Stay tuned for much more Florence recaps on Monday!