Spa & market day

We started our first full day in Florence nice and slow at the Roman baths below our hotel. Complete with steam room, sauna, pools, ice room, and emotional shower (still unsure what this actually is). A great way to decompress after traveling!

The rest of the day was spent exploring and finding food. We went to the main market / food hall and each collected a few meals to share - truffle ravioli, focaccia pizza, cow stomach sandwich - all surprisingly tasty! Tho Kevin found himself buying raw sardines from a fish stand 😂 Not tasty, did not eat.

Fueled up, we visited the Medeci palazzo, looked upon many marble statues, and generally enjoyed the lovely weather and Florence vibes!

The evening we booked a slightly earlier 7pm dinner to do the classic Florentine steak! Starting with beef tartare tho was a bold move and we all felt pretty maxed out on red meat by the end of the meal.

As it got later I think we all felt more awake given 10 pm Italy time is around midday Madison time! So we spent the evening enjoying various cocktails from negroni rifts and a pickled mushroom cocktailRead more