Time to leave Rome today. We packed our belongings and rolled our bags to a taxi stop, which took us to Termani Roma, the gigantic local train station. It was a little confusing at first, but we figured out it was pretty straight forward.
The train to Florence was pretty quick, only an hour and a half, and we just chilled out, enjoyed the view, and talked with some travelers from Brazil. After the train, we walked straight to the hotel. We checked in, and quickly headed back out to explore the city. Well, first we had lunch at cafe Zaza which was really good and highly recommended, and walked around to see the Duomo, the local artisans, and the merchant bridge where they sell a bunch of local jewelry.
There are a lot of statues just out for public view. One of the symbols we kept seeing is the boar, and we found a giant bronze boar statue. We explored the local marketplace full of vendors selling local leather products, scarves, tshirts, jackets, luggage, wine, and olive oil. Although tempted, we didnt get anything. We had dinner at a more touristy place, not as good, and explored the nightlife a bit. One variation on the gelato places is that here they like to serve it on "wafers" (little Belgian waffles). Of course, we had to try one. By this point, our feet were dead tired so we called it a night.
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