Firenze, frescoes and fish pizza...

Ponte Vecchio in Florence



Rossini's cenotaph in Santa Croce



Really, really old chant in Santa Croce



We saw Brunelleschi's tomb in the Florence Duomo!



The Florence Duomo



Santa Croce

Ciao!!! Yesterday was an exciting day for many reasons...

1) My first train ride ever! It was about an hour to Florence. 3 cheers for public transportation!
2) We visited the Duomo and Santa Croce in Florence...both were overwhelming in many ways...from Rossini's cenotaph to Brunelleschi's tomb to the gorgeous frescoes...
3) the Ricordi store...while this was more of a mainstream music store with cds, DVDs, video games and a small section for scores, we still found some quality music...I bought 2 volumes of Marcello sonatas (2 volumes of 12=24 sonatas for 32 euros!) The other music store in town was unfortunately closed.

Back in Arezzo that night...
Owen and I decided to be adventurous and picked our pizza at random...UNFORTUNATELY...what we ordered was fish pizza...well, pizza with anchovies and capers to be exact. Not the most pleasant Italian dining experience.

Jenny, Emilee, Allison and I watched a street band by the duomo and then came back to the Accademia and passed out.

Today, Jackie and I are going to PAM to pick up some food, then we're going to see the changing of the bishops at the Arezzo duomo and finally, a roommate date at the nearby Mexican restaurant.

Ciao!