Johnson Family

Johnson Family

May 12, 2011

Duomo Dome Climb

Day 2 dometop

We woke up Thursday morning with one last ‘to-do’ on our Florence list… The Duomo Dome Climb.  We ate our croissant, salami and cheese, went down the rickety elevator, went outside and walked the 30 steps to the entrance to the Cathedral.  From there we climbed the 463 steps up and up and up… pausing half way up to admire the painted masterpiece on the inside of the dome and take a look into the geometric Cathedral.

Dome inside2Dome floor

We took our time at the top… enjoying the view and taking pictures.

Dome 5 of us Dome towerDome Chris Lindsey Ash NikoleDome siblings Dome shadow   Dome Chris LisaDome view    We wandered around a little bit after we got down, into the Duomo museum for a little while, and then we split up so Chris and Nikole could check out another Cathedral and Lindsey, Ashlyn and I could run back to the San Lorenzo Market.  We grabbed a quick lunch, ran back to the hotel, checked out, called for our van and then ran over for our last Florence gelato.

dome gelato

Next stop, Cinque Terre!

3 comments:

Ash said...

OK, we need to exchange pictures! I am having so much fun reading your posts, but it gives me a longing feeling to go back!

Ang said...

it's been so fun to read about your Italy trip. it's been 12 years since we were able to go to Italy and all the pictures and thoughts bring back a lot of really great memories! my favorite place in the world is Venice! sounds so fun to go with sisters too!

Marilee said...

After visiting Florence, you need to read a book called "I, Mona Lisa". One of my FAVORITE books of all time and set in Florence! You'll love it!!!!