Last day in Florence

Well, we didn't see as much as we would have liked today - turns out last night just before dinner I was starting to feel a cold coming on and wasn't feeling particularly well. Dinner was good, but we had to cut the evening short since I just wasn't up for walking around - my throat was sore and I was getting a really bad sinus cold. So, after a nice dinner - one which included some very good pizza and a bit of wine, we walked back to the hotel.

Today we woke up alot later than expected for the same reason. I just simply didn't want to get out of bed too early, but we had to check out by 11am. I knew I wasn't feeling well when I didn't even desire a cappuccino! We did manage to walk around most of the day, but it was alot slower than yesterday - about 1/2 the pace for sure. We still managed to see a few more sites, such as the Basilica of Santa Croce - begun in 1294 - a fine display of Gothic Architecture, and the Basilica of San Lorenzo. We did consider going into some of the buildings but considering how many people were in the lineups, it wasn't looking good. So we spent the rest of the afternoon shopping in the markets that lined the streets. Yesterday we booked our train at the train station for 5:53pm and arriving in Rome at 7:30, so we'll be heading off shortly to catch it. It's a Eurostar train, and thus, should be pretty comfortable.

Tomorrow we plan to hit the Vatican Museums early...