The Florence Experience: Peak Renaissance Italy 🇮🇹

■ ITALY, FLORENCE: It's been 5 years since my first and only visit to Florence, the former Italian city state that kicked of the renaissance. Since that Florence excursion, I've been eager to experience the city during winter. January and February are the best months to avoid the crowds of foreign tourists in Italy, as there are hardly any queues anywhere, whether at Palazzo Vecchio, Uffizi gallery or the top rated Florentine steakhouses in town.

After landing in Rome and jumping on the airport express train to downtown, I switched to a high speed train going direct to Florence. It takes 2 hours and cost 80 Euros for a business class seat. Arriving in Florence, I walked to the famous cathedral where I had found an exquisitely decorated renaissance themed apartment on AirbnB with view of the cathedral from the bedroom window.

Did the renaissance apartment live up to expectations? Were the queues at Palazzo Vecchio, Bruneleschi's dome and Ponte Vecchio really gone? Was Florentine steak as good as I remembered? Do I still not know a single word of Italian?

This and much more is what I seek to uncover in this renaissance history and food investigation of Florence in winter of 2024 🇮🇹

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