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| Super happy that he was about to see his favorite landmarks for real! |
Florence is indeed a beautiful place. One of my childhood wish was to visit this place because we share the same name! We spent 4 nights in Florence. It was not exactly enough when you have a young child with you. Places you can visit in a day are limited. Luckily Florence is not big and you can easily see the main sights by foot. Save on transport.
Accomodation
We stayed at La Residenza dell'Orafo, a bed and breakfast place. It is the best B&B we have ever stayed! It's located a few minutes walk from the main train station(Santa Maria Novella) in Florence, professional services with daily housekeeping. The staff working there were wonderful. Very polite and friendly. What made our stay with them even more memorable was that they gave us little surprises daily. Everyday after a long day of sightseeing we were greeted with a lovely basket of fruits and light snacks like biscuits and pastries. Our daily surprises were yummy puddings, cream puffs, fruit tarts and pastry. As a parting gift, they gave us a bottle of Chianti Wine and a box of chocolate biscuits for Reese.
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| Our Room |
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| Welcome gift |
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| Daily breakfast at a cafe near the B&B. We get to choose 1 mini sandwich, 1 pastry, 1 juice and 1 tea/coffee for each person. |
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| They refilled our fruit baskets and biscuits and also little sweet surprises daily |
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| One of our daily surprises in the fridge. |
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| The Duomo |
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| The Duomo's magnificent ceiling. |
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| Climbing up the Duomo's dome. 400 plus steps! |
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| Beautiful view from the top |
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| We were all so excited and sweating after the climb. We had to remove our winter jackets even thou it was about 2-3 degrees! |
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| Another view from the top |
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| The Gate of Paradise. One of the doors of the Baptistry |
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| Piazza Della Signoria |
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| Fountain of Neptune |
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| Ponte Vaccio |
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| Father and son |
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| Santa Maria Novella |
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| Lovely alleys |
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| Playing at a big open space in front of Pitti Palace |
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| Super rosy cheeks.... it's painful when I apply Coco butter. It's actually chill and wind burnt plus dryness of his skin due to the weather. |
Heavenly Food
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| First night dinner at Trattoria ZaZa and Reese got hit by jet lag and tiredness! He slept on the armchair while we ate dinner. No matter what I did, he just couldn't wake up! |
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| Nice interior. Trattoria Zaza |
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| Ribollita. A famous Tuscan reboiled soup |
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| Forgot the name but it's fresh mushroom and beef |
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| Penne with rabbit meat (Trattoria I Due G) |
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| Famous Bistecca Ala Florentina. A whopping 1kg beef! It was superb. A must try! (Trattoria I Due G) |
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| Fried vegetables (Trattoria I Due G) |
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| Enjoying the cold air while waiting for a famous Trattoria to open for lunch |
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| The famous Trattoria Casalinga |
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| Cow tripe! One of Florence's famous dish. Really yummy. |
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| Spagetti in meat sauce. My boy finished every thing! |
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| Roast beef. |
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| This is the very famous Trattoria Mario. You will have to line up early to get in! |
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| Reese eating Ravioli in tomato sauce |
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| Beef stew |
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| Spinach |
- Try to allow at least a day to recover from the plane ride before going off to see the sights.
- Stay in a location that is central and has easy access to public transport. Kids tired out easily.
- Allocate a after lunch 'rest time' in the hotel to freshen up and recharge.
- Bring along an empty food container. You can pack snacks while out of the hotel. Comes in handy.
- Don't forget water bottles. Water is expensive. 1-2 Euro for 500ml or alternatively you can drink from the fountain.
- Medication and thermometer
- Wet tissues! ( I am a clean freak :) )
2 comments:
Hahahah i was just thinking abt the similar name! ;) ooh the food looks soooo good.. I think H will drool over the 1kg steak u had coz he's really a meat lover
Oh...it's a must try BabyBooned!!!
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