Friday, October 19, 2018

Day 2 - Breakfast -> Train to Florence -> Drop luggages at airbnb -> Doumo Square

The airbnb provided breakfast at Cafe Fondi



Breakfast was a crossiant and hot chocolate



After breakfast, we rested a while , packed up, checked out before making our way to Termini Station. Our train to Florence was at 1040am and it costed 74euro for 3 persons.

Bought water and crossiants (1.20Euro each) from here for lunch on the train to Florence

Train to Florence. The journey took about 2 hours.

Inside the train and it was quite comfortable

It reached a max speed of 250km/h!


After dropping the luggages at the airbnb, we made our way to Doumo. There were many talented buskers around Doumo Square.

Doumo



Bell Tower


Baptistry

Front facade of Doumo

Art work

Queuing to climb up Doumo. Reservation is required. We paid 54euro for 3 persons and it includes entry to the bell tower, baptistry and the museum.

Just before the staircase to ascend to top of Doumo.

There were many such windows or openings along the ascent.

En route


Enroute during the ascent, we came to the start of Brunelleschi's Dome with beautiful paintings

Painting

Tinted Glass Window

Looking down from the dome

Finally, we reached the top of the Dome of Doumo. What a achievement! View from top of Doumo





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