Today was a very low key and lazy Christmas day.
We got up at 12:00am after catching up on some sleep from the frantic past couple of days. After a light breakfast, we got ready for the day.
Our original plan was to visit the world famous Uffizi museum but the hostel lady told us it was closed. We were disappointed as we had really wanted to see it. Instead, we continued with our second plan of having a picnic. We loaded up my book bag with food and crossed the river, climbing up the hill toward the Piazza Michelangelo. The Piazza had an incredible view overlooking the city. We kept climbing the hill and made our way to a second, even better lookout. With one of Europe's most beautiful cities as our backdrop we had a great Christmas day picnic. There was a monastery farther up the hill and we climbed up to explore it.
By the time we had left the hill, the sky was growing dark. Looking at the map, we found the fountain of wild boar. Like the Trevi fountain in Rome, we threw in coins to insure a return visit to Florence.
Back at the hostel we hung out and went to bed relatively early around 11:00pm.
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