First Day In Florence April 10, 2010
Posted by tiffany in : Florence , trackbackSo today was basically a in transit day for us. We took a train from Venice to Florence and then walked for a long time because we got lost trying to find our hostel. Another new lesson we learned is Google maps does not tell you that there are
two different street numbers; black and red. In fact it directed us to two completely different places; neither were our hostel.
After we got there and were checked in, the hostel owner sat down with us and wrote all over a map showing us where we should go and what is great to see(there is a lot). It was like getting a grand tour of the city on a map!After, we were very exhausted and headed to the room to relax and do some research on the places we’d like to go in Italy (we are now booked at a $34 a night hotel in Napoli for next stop).
After dinner we headed to the Piazza de Repubb
lica (where my mom and I stayed before) to see the Charlie Chaplain street act. We got there extra early, and got some Gelato, found a good spot, and watched the illegal purse sellers and the cops play the cat and mouse game.
He has been preforming for 26 years in the same street right outside of the Piazza, every night around 9:45, 7 days a week. His show is very comical and we had a great time watching him play with the crowd. Unfortunately this was a bad night for him; the crowd was uncooperative and seemed to have hardly any sense of humor. It was still funny and we talked to him after ward and he apologized because everyone left in the middle of the show, including the people who were participating in the show itself. We’ll try again later this week.
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