We had timed tickets to visit the Duomo museum, climb the Tower and climb the Dome, but I had mistakenly chosen the wrong date for the tickets. The tickets were still ok, but we had to stand in line with the rest of the crowds. This meant waiting about an hour in line. We met a guy from Texas who is currently stationed in England, but was visiting Italy with some friends. And even though he was a Dallas fan, he seemed a fairly nice guy.
When we finally were able to climb the Dome where we believe we climbed 463 stairs. I'm estimating that at about 35 flights of stairs. We all made it fine. Emilianne did really great even though heights are not "her thing". We got some great shots of the city. There was an older gentleman that had difficultly once he got up there and was laying down and getting medical help. But we think he was ok. Once we returned to earth we decided it was redundant to climb the tower.
We then did some browsing along the streets and visited a large market area. Then had dinner at a restaurant that Sarah recommended because she ate there 6 years ago when she was in Florence. We had a great meal (do you see a theme developing here?).
Then we headed to the football game. Florentina (12) vs Crotone (20). Both Series A national football teams. It started raining about an hour before the game started and we came prepared for light rain and warm weather, but the deluges started about 15 minutes before the game started. We hung in there long enough to see the game start and about 4 minutes of the game, but we all agreed it was time to go. As we left the stadium we got looks like "why in the world are you leaving - the game just started". I think we trudged through water 6 inches deep at times getting out of there.
Then back home again to hot showers all around. Bad news is - we came home so late that we couldn't stop to get more coffee for in the morning. I hope we make it through the morning.
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