April 30; Arrive in Florence at 3 pm. Roberta figured out that cab from airport is 20 euro per car not per person. Our female cabbie takes us thru tourists sites instead of direct route. Our apartment on Via de Neri just behind the Palazzo Vecchio is a great location. The building is 1000 year old and was once a tower. Our apartment is for hardy only as we had to walk up 4 or 5 flights and go pass 4 locked doors to get to our place. This also was for adventuresome as the bedroom was up a spiral staircase with half steps to reach a loft with a very short ceiling such that you have to really bend over or you bang your head. What fun getting up at night and going down the spiral staircase. But other than that, it was neat with little windows used for shooting arrows out of very thick walls. We bought groceries for breakfast.
After settling in, we immediately left for our first sight the, Palazzo Vecchio open till midnight. What a great site. The Medici's were very successful ruling Florence and surrounds for almost 200 years with only a few year gap ending in 1737. The rooms and ceiling very magnificent and was was the city hall and even the capitol of Italy in 1865 to 71 where the legislature meet in a grand room. After a nice dinner, we deserved rest in our digs for the next 4 nights. Desert was gelato from a place just a few doors down from our apt.
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