Florence is a city best seen by walking
Ponte Vecchio from Piazzele Michelangelo As I started to write this piece, I was enjoying my last day in Florence. I might seem counter-intuitive to write my first piece in this series on the last day, but it was at the end of my trip that the themes of my Italy writings came together. I had been in Italy for almost two weeks, and this was my sixth day in Florence. I started my tips there, and I returned to Florence to end it. Now, some of you might ask “Why Florence?” If so, you have probably never been there. The Arno at night To me, Florence sits at the heart of Italy. It sat along major trade routes between the north and the south of the country, and its role as the banking center during the renaissance has made it a center of trade and culture for over 500 years. As I walked around the “Centro Storico” that history was all around. The streets are narrow and winding, with sidewalks that can barely fit one person, let alone two. The buildings come righ...