where they make the cheese!

A group of us took a little trip to Fiesole, a little hilltop village about half an hour away from Florence. We were able to take a bus so transportation was free (!) and despite the rainy weather and waking up late, we still had a fun afternoon.

Apparently, Fiesole is a walking town, and had three routes to follow on our map. We wanted to find these Etruscan and Roman ruins, and walked in a circle for about 30 minutes before we realized it was right where we had come in. It was pretty neat to see, and we timed it extremely well – when it had stopped raining we walked among the ruins, and when it started to rain again we went in the museum. The museum was actually pretty interesting – there were these little figurines they had found, probably 50 of them; it was like little action figures. Then there was an almost complete skeleton of some guy.

After the museum it looked like the rain was gone for good so we decided to do one of the trails that had “breathtaking views” and catch the bus a little bit further down. We saw absolutely amazing views of Firenze from above. All the little red rooftops were so pretty, and the Duomo was such a stud. Love that building.

Nothing really else interesting! I hope soon I’ll have good enough Internet connection that I’ll be able to post some pictures online – right now I’ve been signing on really quickly, checking email, and signing back off.