Friday we took the train from Naples to Florence, getting in around 3pm. We have an awesome studio apartment a few blocks away from the dome, by the Academia. Our landlady, Frederica, is very nice and gave us a bunch of eatting/hanging out suggestions. I thinks she's also an artist, and she had done up the apartment quite nicely with what I suspect is her art or art that she has collected. In fact, the place is called "Bedart", mostly because of the huge wall painting on the bed's wall. Florence. I've heard that it was small, but really didn't realize how small until after walking only 5 minutes, we were almost to the river! I also thought it would have similar grand piazzas that Rome had. No, everything is very compact. It's also relatively quiet,
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