Blogging from Italy: Day 04 – Firenze
Monday – 22nd March 2010
Linda went out early as she had to attend SCBWI Conference at the Bologna’s Children Book Fair, Bologna Fair Centre – Piazza Costituzione, Bologna and I took the time to find my own way to Firenze (Florence). Took the morning train and it took about two hours to reach Firenze Rifredi. When I reached there, I just walked out of the train station and headed to the town.
Firenze Rifredi Train Station
There wasn’t much to see and it was so not what people told me…and how do I get to Toscana? I was so helpless, I wanted to do my research before I left KL but I was too busy to finish my illustrations. I wanted to do the research also from Boscolo Hotel but internet connection was not available (still not available until today…as I wrote this…)
Signboards everywhere but I did not know where to go!
But of course I found few interesting objects to snap…
A bicycle
Oh Dandelions! Really made my day that day!
Firenze ducks are pretty!
So I bought a map and headed back to the train station. On the way back to the train station, I found an internet cafe and decided to go in and updated my facebook status, “Sesat di Firenze!” and got to talk to few friends online. After sending a message to my husband and son, I walked to the train station andΓΒ sat there staring at the map. I later gave up and bought a ticket back to Bologna. I waited there but missed it as I thought it was a train to Napoli!! Lol! I was really a dumb! I took it as a sign and sat back and relaxed for a while until later I saw a board with available trains to all parts of Italy and saw Firenze Santa Maria Novella (SMN)! That was it!! That was the place I was supposed to go! I concluded to myself Firenze Rifredi is a transit station. So I bought a ticket to Firenze SMN!
That was more like it! But as the time has passed 3pm, I calculated my journey back to Firenze Rifredi and then back to Bologna, I decided not to wander far from the Firenze SMN’s train station. I went to the Information Center and ask for a map. The maps was so much better; it got interesting places to visit! I only managed to buy little gifts from the city and headed back to Bologna.
When I reached Bologna, it was about 6pm and I just walked around the town and took few photos.
37 Comments
bain
Salam kak emu. Chop!:)
bain
*kak emi ^_^
bain
Kak emi amik gmbar byk2..cantik2. Especially buildings dia. Best gler utk buat HDR!^_^
emila
salam bain!!! rindu kat bain!!! myra sihat ke?
Bain
dandelion tu cantek banget deh! ^_^ balik msia nanti kak Emi lukis dlm moleskin! Yay! ^_^
emila
hehe bain! ya HDR!
emila
boleh bain!! ada lagi shot yang close-up!
bain
yay kak emi! Myra sihat alhamdulillah. Dah nk masuk 8 bulan.:) kak emi jgn lupa snap gmbar byk2 tau. Scenary sana semua cantik2!
bain
itik tu pun cantik gak utk moleskin π
emila
alhamdulillah…tak lama lagi dah tu, bain!!! tak sabar nak tengok baby bain!
emila
oh itu mesti!!!!
bain
btul tu kak emi. Bain pun rasa x sabar nak jadi daddy π
diya
u inspired me to back packing and go travel! ♥ π
denaihati
Tengok gambar ni mendatangkan minat untuk travel ke sini…insyallah one day
Art Trip
Thanks for posting. Feel like I’m there.
Spiffy
Wah, looks like you’re having a fun time there π Those are lovely pictures π
mizzy N
kak, one of the half man half horse creature in harry potter was also named firenze. so i guess this is where rowling got the name kot. haha, just guessing.
emila
diya, backpack je!! just do it!
emila
tempatnya memang menarik, denaihati. lebih menarik jika mempunyai kawan sebagai peneman perjalananan yang jauh.
emila
thank you for reading! glad you enjoyed the pictures!
emila
hehe sesat pun fun, you know!
emila
nadh, firenze means florence in english. i guess, rowling got it from there also heheh
mazny
DANDELIONS!…OMG, DANDELIONS! I AM SO JAKUN!!! π
mazny
I wish to pick some wild dandelions, put in a basket of berries…
mazny
Yang warna kuning tu, bunga apa ya?
Lya
π
Lya
Test.. Test… Ehem.. Dh boleh komen. Hehehe
Lya
Yeayyyy… Dah boleh komen. Tapi entah kenapa asyik hang. Huwaaa
Lya
Again here…hehehe
Lya
Yeahhh!
Ann
Firenze!
Ann
Nice piccas
Ann
Want them toooooo
Ann
So sweet
Ann
HDR π
Ann
Join here
Ann
Nite everyone