Hello Florence, the Walsh's are back in town.

Busy and great, that could be the blog for today, but here are some of the highlights.

Deciding to use public transport as much as we can on this trip today was no exception and it could be said we're getting pretty good at it. Starting the day we caught the smallest bus ever, it would be lucky to have 8 seats and hold a total of 25 people. Small busses are needed in Florence as the streets are so small.

Our first stop was Piazza Santa Croce and we checked out a number of shops selling leather products, bags, gloves, shoes, wallets, purses, key fobs, we saw it all but didn't buy a thing, the prices were over the top. One sales man told me not to worry about the price, he had a jacket in my size and to just try it on, we can talk 'good price later'. 

The Piazza is one of the many in the city and allowed us to take a break, have an apple and partake in Katies favourite, people watching.

Basilica di Santa Croce

Basilica di Santa Croce

Next the Museum Galileo, a collection of science artefacts from the 15 and 16 centuries kept us busy.

Yo, Yo, in da house!

The afternoon was filled in by a walk through the Florence Cathedral and then a bus to check out The Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens.

Tomorrow - Uffizi, Duomo climb, Gallery of the Academy and a cooking class.