Woke up this morning slowly. I finally go up around 8:30ish. We ate breakfast at the flat again and started more laundry. The machine is so small and it takes so long we have to do laundry daily. 

Found on the streets are the trash and recycle stations. We took our trash out and a lot of water and wine bottles. It was very interesting set up and there are very frequent I am sure it depends on the number of people living in the area. 

Then Aly, Kelle and I headed off to Cuoieria Florentina to look at purses. Brandon and the girls stayed back at the Flat. It was about a 30-40 minute walk to get to the purse store. Once we arrived we looked around at all of the options. I found a purse I liked, but was not sure about the orange. Aly asked and the woman was able to find it in black for me.

After the purse store we decided to walk by the Duomo since we were only a few blocks away. It is so amazing. We walked around it, but didn’t pay to go inside as we walked all the way around there are tons so places to eat and stores. I spotted a Pandora store so we stopped in there so I could get some charms. 

Then we headed back since it was getting close to lunch time. We decided to just stop and get some food from the grocery store since the Ware’s needed to leave for the train in an hour. We picked up a few ready made salads for the girls and different cheeses and lunchmeat for the rest of us. The we found some chips and bread. We did the self check out which was very interesting.  5 cents for plastic bags which you grabbed before you checked out. Then once you have finished and paid you scan your receipt to get out of the self check out area. 

Once at the Flat we pulled out the food to have lunch and relax a little. The Wares left to go catch their train. We relaxed for a little longer before heading off to Pittia Palace. We are about a 30 minute walk from pretty much everything. Luckily we were able to find shade most of our way to the palace. When we were buying tickets the man selling tickets so that the Palace had AC. Which is true, but those rooms are so large and those AC units are so some rooms were warmer than others.

The Palazzo Pitti, a mainly Renaissance, palace in Florence, Italy. Near the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present palazzo dates from 1458 and was originally the town residence of Luca Pitti, an ambitious Florentine banker. The palace was bought by the Medici family in 1549 and became the chief residence of the ruling families of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

After we finished with the palace we headed towards the Duomo. Jennah found a hat she had looked at in Pisa, but was able to find one the fit better here. Then we walked across Ponte Vecchio and looked at what shops were opens. Lots of jewelry stores. Once we got to the Duomo we walked around and had the girls look at the outside as we found the place we wanted to stop at for dinner.