Our stop today was Livorno. Our excursion took us to Florence and Pisa. We started out the day with an hour bus ride to Florence. We were given so much information! Florence is a city you should spend days in not hours. We both said that Florence is place we would go back to. Some of the high lights were Piazza Della Santissima Annumziata. You could drop of children, no questions asked and they would receive and education and be taken care of.
Florence Cathedral there is a large baptistery with the "Golden Gate" doors. Our tour guide told us you weren't allowed to go into the church unless you were baptized, and back then they used to immerse you completely in water.😏
We saw a replica of the David in the Piazza Della Signoria. Along with some other naked statues.😳Next was Galleria Delgi Uffizi. Saw the longest river in Tuscany, Arno, and the Ponte Vecchio (gold market). Then we had lunch, more pasta. Then we wandered around for a bit, got more gelato. Then we met back up with our tour group and headed to Pisa. It was funny because the tower is leaning so much, but when we were taking pictures it really doesn't look that bad! The tower is just a bell tower, that took 200 year to build because of wars and things. They started in 1173 and completed in 1372! It was reinforced in 1990-2001, so it won't tip over.
It was a good day to end the cruise on. We walked about 18,000 steps today. We get off the boat tomorrow morning and have one more night in Rome.
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