Florence - Day 1 {The Uffizi Museum}
one of the most wonderful perks of Nick's position at the college is that we get to take advantage of the three-day travel weekends each month. this is especially delightful since, as is the case for all church musicians, Nick always works on the weekend. so in November, we gladly took the opportunity to head north and visit Florence! our three-day trip was absolutely perfect. we were able to see just about everything we wanted to see without feeling rushed (although if we were traveling sans kids, we definitely would have visited more churches). we took the fast train 2 hours north and then walked from the train station to the booking office for the apartment i had reserved. (i found a great deal on this apartment just a few blocks away from the Uffizi Museum, through hotels.com of all places!) our first impression of Florence as we walked to our apartment was that it was clean and the sidewalks were nice and flat, compared to the cobblestones of Rome. however, many of the sidew