We headed into Rome about 3 on a saturday and cheesed it to the Vatican as it closes at 4.30 and is not open on sundays. there was no line ( which is unheard of) and we spent 2 hours (not that long considerably) going through the exhibitions(which includes a strange newish part which had a Dali in it) and headed through to the Sistine Chapel and St Peters which are uber impressive structures. Then went on a quick walking tour in the heat and the next morning did a tour through the colliseum and the forum on a day which was apparently 39 degrees (and I believe it as we were nailed by 10am in the heat and were dripping with sweat all day and were not terribly motivated in the immense heat. We went around some more sights (Parthenon, spanish steps, trevi fountain, palazzo navona etc etc) and had some more pizza and pasta and tonnes of water and gilatti.
We headed off to Florence which I liked but we didn't have enough time there and were unfortunatley there on a monday when the museums are closed (so we didn't get to go to the uffizi for the art or the accadamia for the statue of david) but we did wander around and went to santa croce where michealangelo is buried and the Duomo etc and hung out in Florence at night which was really nice(apart from the drug deal going down about 30 meters from the 2 cops in cop car).
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