Only 6-7 hours in Florence ... man, it was a crazy whirlwind tour. More importantly, it was the worst day I've had since I started traveling. Everything that could go wrong did! The trains/station workers were on strike from 9 to 5pm, so we had to wait in line for nearly an hour to get our reservations for the train to Venice. once we finally made it out of the station, it was nearly 12pm. Making our way to the Uffizi, we wandered around the Duomo, since we couldn't go in. (Shorts guarantee that you will be turned away from any church you wish to tour ... I thought we learned out lesson from the St. Peter's incident.) So, we walked towards the Uffizi. Lo and behold, Chris couldn't get in ... it was his only must-see
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