Duomo di Fiesole

The day trip that was planned for Fiesole has finally eventuated.
Fiesole is a quaint little town north east of Florence. It was relatively easy to get to by bus. The town was built on the hill which meant walking was either ascending or descending.
We hiked up to Convent of San Francesco then returned to the town centre for lunch. The views were amazing. Also learnt that Albert Einstein spent a great deal of time resting at this convent when he visited his sister Maya in Florence.
Our second hike after lunch was on the old Roman road that leads us to old quarries where Michaelangelo and other sculptors got their marble.
The hike was lovely in amongst the trees, occasionally opening out into a viewing vista. The old Roman road lead us from Fiesole to San Domenico.
We then got on our bus ride back to Florence where we got a 40€ fine for not validating our bus ticket.

The fine strangely entitled us to ride on as many buses for free until midnight. So we took the opportunity to go to Basilica of San Miniato to listen to the monks sing Vespers.

Had beautiful Florence " buratta" which is mozerella filled with ricotta instead of cream, back at the apartment for dinner. I prefer the mozerella with ricotta more than the buratta we get in Perth filled with cream.

Now very full and very sleepy.

Distance walked 15.7kmRead more