Florence

I am spending my last couple hours in Italy right now after a great week of studying the art and architecture in Rome and Florence.

I talked briefly about Rome in my last post, so heres the low down on Florence.

Florence was a nice relief because it was not quite as insane and touristy as Rome was. Also... the food is even more excellent here (as far as I can tell) :)

My teacher told me something very interesting about Italian wine. There are different regions in Italy that specialize in red or white wine. Rome is a white wine region while Florence is for Red wine. Whenever you go to a restaurant in Rome and order the house white wine, you likely get an excellent white wine, and the same for red wine in Florence. Since I prefer red wine over white (in most occaisons) I have really enjoyed meals in Florence. The pasta I have had here has been very very good as well.

In Florence I saw a lot of Renaissance churches, most notably Il Duomo. Again... I will be posting pictures when I get a chance... I have lots of pictures and can't wait to share them with you.

In a few hours I will be getting on a train to Zurich to begin my 3rd week of travel in Switzerland and Germany.

Peace.