Florence Day 4

Today we enjoyed a relaxing morning at home with breakfast in our room. Tegan received an email about her class being cancelled and was put into a new class on Tuesday instead when we had planned around a Thursday class!

We headed to San Marco Monastery to see the walls of the brothers bedrooms covered in art by their brother Fra Angelico. The pastel colours was something we hadn’t seen. The whole monastery had art on the walls and outside courtyard. It was nice and quiet with not many people around which was wonderful for a change.

It was then time to see the Duomo, which is the biggest building in Florence. While Saint Peter’s basilica was big but was designed to feel intimate the Duomo is massive and feels very expansive. The dome was really cool as well. We are both going to get crook necks if we keep looking up at art - a good problem to have.

We had a rest in the afternoon then headed out for a drink and then an early dinner of pizza - when in Italy right - before heading home and booking some of our trip. We of course had to go out and get some gelato for dessert which was delicious 🤤 we rolled around the streets of Florence taking in the beauty this city had to offer. We can’t believe we are now more than half way through our trip :/Read more