Duomo & Gelato

Well I thought and thought about a past adventure to share, so here goes.  This semester I am taking 18 credit hours and I rarely spend any time outside or away from my computer because of this.  Six of those eighteen hours are for a Study Abroad course.  This course let me travel to Italy, France, and England for 10 days with 13 of my new 'closest' friends.  I'm going to share part of the trip with you here!

On May 21st of this year, I traveled with my 'new friends' to Italy, Florence in particular.  Florence was and is an overload to your sensory organs... the sights, the smells, the sounds!  What was really amazing was when the Duomo came into view... words can't describe the feelings that come up.

The Duomo has 463 steps to the top (although there are varying accounts of only 416 steps), silly me I forgot to count them as I was going up only to think of it when I was already half-way down!  A good reason to go back to Florence or Firenze as the natives call it.

But there is more to Florence than the Duomo, there is the Ponte Vecchio, the famous statue of David, and the hundreds of other naked statues in piazzas around town, tiny little chapels, the famous Uffizi Gallery, the Baptistery, and of course... gelato complete with my Italian photobomber enjoying his gelato as much as I am mine!

Gelato comes in all types of flavors and the ones made with real fruit are perfect for those who are lactose intolerant!  I am not lactose intolerant, so I was able to choose anything on the menu.

~Adventures in Anything & Everything