by Nicole R.
After getting off the 6 hour bus ride, you can imagine the looks on the faces of the students as they scurried off. More asleep than awake, just wanting to check into the hotel to get a shower and get the day started. After dumping the luggage off in the rooms and piling up in the lobby, we found our groups and sauntered out the door. There was a quick tour of the general location in which we were placed, starting off with the bridges.
We then made our way to the Piazza Della Signoria, and found the Fountain of Neptune, which was later used as our meeting spot for the rest of our time in Florence.
We toured the Accademia and saw Michelangelo's David.
On Friday we started the day off with breakfast, which was served at the hotel, followed by the Uffizi Tour. This was a tour of art work by artists such as Botticelli and Michelangelo. We were sent on a scavenger hunt, finding the answers to the questions provided in the pamphlet given out at breakfast.
After a few more hours of free time, we went off to our museum of choice. The Museum of Natural History was very interesting. It was also very intimate because there were no other people present, just the students from our school. The museum was showing all sorts of organisms, from plants, to insects, to animals, to humans.
We then walked up the 466 stairs of the Duomo to see the beautiful view of Florence.
After checking out of the hotel, we piled onto the bus looking just as tired as we did getting on Thursday morning. It was off the Sienna from there were we saw Piazza Del Campo and the Duomo. After which, we got back onto the bus and headed home.
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