After an exciting and filled day, followed by a night that
lasted longer than any of us would have liked, getting up this morning was a
struggle. But we all dragged ourselves out of bed and headed into town to see
as much of Florence as we had time for. First we headed to the Duomo to climb
the bell tower, which was absolutely stunning. The way up was a bit of a struggle
because of the never-ending, rocky stairs, but in the end, it was all worth it.
We spent a good time enjoying the view, and then headed down to see the
Baptistery of Saint John.
After those two areas, we headed across Florence to grab
some lunch and try and tour the Michelangelo Gardens. We stopped at a super cute
café where I got a sandwich with yummy, thick bread, prosciutto, brie (the only
reason I ordered it…) and tomato. After lunch, we walked over towards the
gardens, but because we were so limited on time, we decided to skip the gardens
to have adequate time to see everything at the Duomo. On the way back to the
other side of town, we stopped at the gelato place from Saturday and I got my
Italian gelato, which was no shy of amazing. I chose chocolate chip in a
chocolate dipped cone, and was in no way, shape, or form, disappointed. 
When we got to the Duomo, we walked around the sanctuary and then headed up to the top, which was a scarier trip up than the bell tower, but an even more amazing view. We spent some time reflecting on all our Florence experiences, and then headed back down and then back to our apartment to check out. We gathered all our stuff, headed back to the train station, and after what felt like just the blink of an eye, we had arrived back in Lugano. We arrived around 8 p.m. and headed back to the Montarina and got all our things together to start our next week of classes.
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