Florence

[jack]

1. I'm all sorted for Florence this weekend! Any last minute suggestions for Florence (or Pisa)? (People have definitely mentioned the dome, and the uffizi. Apparently the top ten are: Uffizi; Dome; Piazza della Signoria and Palazzo Vecchio; Boboli Garden and Pitti Palace; Ponte Vecchio; Gallery academia; Baptistry; Campinile :))

2. I'm going to Luton Airport on National Express first thing Thurs, but no-one fancies giving me a lift instead, do they? I'll take you out to dinner on Sunday :)

3. I'm really really looking forward to seeing some pretty Italy. (And, although it mostly goes without saying, really looking forward to seeing Livredor. Need I convey any greetings from England?)

4. It's unfortunate that very nearly every trip abroad has been from a new airport, to a new airport, by myself, but I've definitely got the hang of it. I still feel a little tired from hotels and public transport directions and things to pack, but never worried :) And I feel very fortunate that L and I seem to help each other a lot wrt logistics.

5. I think I need an autumn/back-to-uni party, probably two weeks on Sat (10th Oct). I know that might clash with numberland's sushi; is there any other reason that would be a bad time?

Comments

[megamole.livejournal.com]

Hope you have tickets for the Uffizi and you can get in...

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Not yet, but someone mentioned it; we need to book tickets for things tonight/tomorrow. (I didn't suppose it was necessary to book early, just at all.)

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

Need I convey any greetings from England?

You could convey some from Montreal if you like.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Definitely :) Any specific requests? :)

[liv]

I really don't think this is a good way for me to communicate with my friends! It's true I haven't talked to you as much as I'd like recently, but it's not that bad.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

But it might be an intermediate step between "seeing in person" (nice) and "email" (convenient) :)

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

*smile*

I hope that came across as the gentle teasing as which it was intended; and it's not by any means as if I've had that much free time or communication energy myself recently. *hug* Hope you both have a great time, anyway.

[liv]

I knew you were being silly; I was mainly reacting to cartesiandaemon's offer of specifying greetings, but put the comment where you'd both see it. I was slightly horrified by the image of you commenting to J's journal, which I read, to give him a message that he would bring to me when he sees me. But thank you for the kind thoughts.

[despotliz.livejournal.com]

My tip would be "Don't try and go to the big museum on Mondays because it is closed", but if it's a weekend trip I suspect you have that sorted.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

ROFL. I had actually worked that out, but I think it still deserves pride of place on "tips for florence" :) After all, anyone reading this might need to know it when _they_ got to florence :)

[despotliz.livejournal.com]

Also, Sat 10th October would be a bad day to have a party this year. I think you mean Sat 11th. :)

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

ROFL. Funnily enough I had a footnote saying "How best to phrase this so it's clear that if I get the date wrong, I mean the Saturday", and then I decided that was superfluous, and went back and edited it so the date was there but in brackets. But I was sure I had the date right and that was a hypothetical question, so I didn't double check it :)

[atreic.livejournal.com]

We completely skipped the Uffizi.

Dome is great, like the best thing ever, go early to avoid queues. Palace Vecchio (that's the old palace with the odd tower, right? ) is also great, we managed to go on the roof tour (they take you up and show you the big beams that hold up the ceilings) which I really liked.

We didn't do the bell tower, because we couldn't see how the view would be any different to the dome. Baptestry is cool, but not as awsome as the dome.

My favourite memory of Florence is the convent/museum of San Marco which has a cool library and lots of tiny monks cells.

Oh, and don't miss the Medici mausoleum in the church of San Lorenzo (just... *wow*) The Science Museum is wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, (I think it's historical science and has lots of beautiful old instruments etc) and has Galileo's finger in it. Santa Croce Church has the rest of him.

[hatam-soferet.livejournal.com]

Make sure you take her some chocolate.