Bon Giorno, Florence

We arrived in Florence yesterday afternoon. Our hotel, Hotel Maxim, was a bit hard to find because, as it turns out, the buildings are numbered in two different ways, and we were not following the right numbers.


At least yesterday, it seemed like everyone in Florence was shopping. I can smell the leather goods just by walking down the street. As if the number of shops in the streets were not sufficient, we also discovered an underground tunnel connecting the train station with other parts of town that is full of shops.


A bit disorganized, we never did buy tickets to the Uffizi ahead of time, but we decided to try our luck anyway, and lucky we were! We got in line around 4:30pm, and in less then 15 minutes we were climbing the stairs towards the galleries.


We will see if we are as lucky getting into the Accademia today.