the on the real me indeed, the snow on youtube. welcome to florida. amazing city. welcome to florence, the most beautiful renaissance. sit because you don't have this meeting. can we start over again? starting over early in the morning. that is so much better for us as an incredible city, but it can get very, very proud in. so if you don't plan your visit, right, you might not enjoy it. i'm going to show you how to have a great time here and avoiding the crowds as much as possible. we'll learn about the cities renaissance history. check out some of my favorite places. try some local tuscan cuisine and even have a moment alone with someone very special. personally, i love the flores. i spend

a lot of time here in my twenties when i was studying and i'm really excited to show you around today the let me begin up and do all this on somebody in the field because the drill, the hearts of florence is historic center. if both are free to enter, by the way, the so impressive if you don't mind waiting in line, you can also go up to the top for a great deal. the. the best way to get around the center is to walk. i really recommend you get off the busy streets and explore some of the little side streets. honestly, you never know what you're gonna find. like look, we just walk down the street and here is the house of poet. done the getty, i mean, that's incredible, right? speaking of payments means you can't come to florence without learning about the

medicine. the medici family will florence from the 15th to 18 centuries, and they filled the city with their architectural and artistic commissions. the meta g. r. closely associated with the italian renaissance, the cultural and political rebirth after the middle ages, that was marked by a re discovery of classical philosophy, architecture, literature and art. i need help with tour guide fully build a bonus in a piazza, dennis and your yeah. one of the most famous squares in italy. welcome to the center of the political florentine power. the spending ride in the middle isn't a amazing power center, rented our right. i feel it will go tells me that the banking industry and world trade made the city wealthy, the wealthy, or the 49. but that's why these road stipulations for the renaissance started.

next. we had to piazza development pool because the name of lauren's floating size from florida to go this of a bone been safe facilities. are you still see the statute florida? these beautiful lady, possible, the ancient call on the ground and call him i ask if there's anything you should not do one in florence, i wouldn't be in a fast food. that's what i no you, i seem to see all the delicious food. incredible foss street. don't go to fast, but the faster the possibly might enjoy the sea. and now the city is famous, bridge the points that vecchio. let's start from the name of why cold rage. because he was the only range was no, no doubt, destroyed. so in the 2nd world,

these days the bridge is full of jewelry shop, but i learned it was once an area of butcher's and tanner's until the men did you not liking the smell, decreed it should be dedicated to goldsmith. thank you so much. you. it's more than welcome, it's time to talk about museums. so we're here at the, we'll see, see one of the most famous art museums in the world where the word fire, renaissance masters, like both the charlie, leonardo and michelangelo. and i'm going to give you a to go to the official c c website book a ticket for a specific day and a specific time. then you'll be able to skip the ticket line and just go straight to the security line. but now a visit to the galleria, they look at them. yeah. home to the statue of david, carved by italian, renaissance artist, michelangelo, to accommodate more visitors. the museum recently extended opening hours and spread out. it's fast collection director cecilia holbrook tells me window and get out to

me this. thank you so much for having me. the 17 foot tall david is the collections highlight. i have to say it's way more impressive in person then i could have imagined because angelo shows this shepherd, this young shepherd in an incredible way. he's not aggressive. he but he is strong . he is naked, showing his, in a sense, and they put it in front of the public, so back to which is the political center of the town and showing the independence of the citizens and the city of florence. this symbol of florence is one of the most famous sculptures in the world. and now i have a moment alone with him. i think i'm in love but now it's time to cross the ottoman river to check out my favorite part of the city, the old rock. no district,

you'll find your tourist here. i really like the vibe on this side of town. it's a little bit more alternative. definitely more laid back and you can find me lots of great restaurants with out all of the crazy crowds. i really like the areas around the churches of santa speed it though and some sort of. yeah, i know. it's also florence is, art is in district crafts like leather, working silver, and gold. it's missing have been practiced here for centuries. so it's a good place to look for high quality souvenirs from florence. at least 2 children alia, and his parents use a centuries old etching technique called awkward for the day. i was curious to check it out. thank you so much for having me here in europe a. can you tell me a bit about what you and your family do here? yes, we do aging. so these are the nation process and that was invented in the 6 in centuries and performed to years was in use it for the english version of books. today we

used for the call for arts. we started read wondering, waving the on the copper when it was put on walks of air and it showed up on the plate to the edge. and then keeping us in to make the metrics because print one by one was pretty in colorado, into the grooves. then we clean, we remove the ink and excess, and we put our wet paper on the top of the plate, then the printer and we, we, the ink off the prospect into the plate, goes into the paper after it goes from the press machine. sedan, we wait a couple of days, 2 or 3 days to dry the ink and paper, and then we can keep him black and white, or 2 on. we can colors, we use water colors. so each one is bank one by one. the while it was really peaceful in there and i definitely could've stayed all evening. but we have to go check out the sun sun the let's go the most popular place to watch the sunset is keeps telling

me to launch hello. thoughts i can get pretty crowded up here. so i'm taking you to my favorite sunset spot, just down the road. the bus here because of sun minneapolis on monday. and to go with this beautiful sunset, i thought it would be nice to have some classical music here in florence. so i've invited my friends still to 30 stick off. you haven't seen them. and italian baroque composition by alessandro motor channel. the dinner at dr. duty a n. so a piano which specializes in tuscan cuisine,

joining me or some friends who live in florence, including fellow michigan girl author casey rose. so this is where we embrace a more slow travel by culture is not to be rushed in italy, especially, not dinner. dinner is the time for togetherness. being with friends and family, and enjoying each other's company and italy. you have to look each other in the eyes. when you raise a glass case, you mentioned something about the bread. so testing bed does not have thoughts traditionally solved, described as best enjoy to meet you. those that are already solved either already have so much labor that you don't need the added salt in the bread. it really has such diverse cuisine. so it's really nice to be able to order something from the region, like peachy, with wild for roku, for, but we believe the bread soup board, so to be filled with potato. but for instance, most

a miss dish is be sick, got a few into, you know, going steak serve rare the famous mistake up here and you know, definitely to be shared. well, we really saw a lot today, although there's so much more that florence has to offer hope you're ready to have a good visit to the city. and honestly, my job here is done, so i'll leave it as cheap the

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