Any city that’s named after a character in the Magic Roundabout has to hold high expectations, and Florence didn’t disappoint. Here we have the Ponte Vecchio, and then us in front of a copy of Michelangelo’s David in the Piazza della Signoria. The Piazza itself was full of wonderful statues and palaces. Far too much to do in a day, so further trips on the cards.
We took the train to Florence. Italian trains seem to run reasonably to time but all look in need of tlc and are covered in graffiti- see sad example below. While waiting for the stopping train to take us to Florence, an express thundered through the station, which is on a curve. The express was able to take the bend at such a high speed because the railway lines are set at different heights, so creating a banked track. What a brilliant idea! Our train pulls up a few minutes later. We are now presented with getting into a train with an upward slope of 30 degrees. So much for the banked track! It does hasten the departure of alighting passengers, however, by rolling them straight onto the platform as soon as the doors open.
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