Ahhh, Florence

Florence has to be one of my favorite cities on this trip. First off the camp ground. We stayed at a campground right outside the city, on the hills overlooking the valley. We had a wonderful view of the river, church, and the hills beyond.
The city itself was also just very relaxing. There was no fear of being mauled by large ammounts of traffic running thru the city. It was very well preserved and the streets were narrow and meandering. Every now and then we'd stumble upon a church, piazza, or other random point of interest.
For 4 days everyone hung around the campground, wandered into the city, and just relaxed and was thankful we were out of Naples. Whew.
One point of interest- the Domo. We believe that this roughly translates into "domed church". Every city has a Domo which is different than a cathedral. This was a large church that was made with pink and green stone striped. It was very unique looking and very pastel.
Every evening we congregated at one of the picnic tables and had dinner. We stayed there playing cards for up to 6hrs each night. It was nice to be able to relax outdoors, when the temperature droped into the low 70s. Ok, i guess it was relatively relaxing because the rest of the camp decided to congregate there and watch football(soccer) every night. They would remain there all evening and well into the early morning hours, drinking. Good thing out tents were far away from the clamour.