Aditi Travels

If I could describe my experience of Florence to you in one word, it would be this: lukewarm. When I visited, it was so rainy that I spent more of my day watching Netflix in my hostel. My hostel was pretty good, though. I was in Hostel Santa Monica. I payed 20 Euros for a night in a dorm.  Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore This is a UNESCO world heritage sight with Gothic style Architecture and is located within the historic city center of Florence. Let me just say, this was a magnificent building. The size of it and the magnitude of its reach was almost impossible to grasp all at once. It takes up a huge chunk of space in Piazza del duomo which is essentially the main plaza for visitors.   Santa Maria Novella This church is very close to the main station. The style is extremely similar to the prior church. Seems that there is a specific brand or style of churches in Florence! Arno River I had to walk past a bridge to go to the city center from my hostel.  Each time, thi...

This was as unplanned as ever. I had had enough of Venice and was scrolling through a website of "places to visit near me" and there it was- Bologna: the land of Spaghetti Bolognese. Although, not really. I'll explain why. Happy reading! I started this one day trip at 5 am in the morning taking a bus from Venice to the Bologna station. In the bus, I met a pleasant American guy and we chatted for hours. We are now buddies! He had his layover in Bologna en route Rome and so we spent 1 hour in the morning together in the city.  The Street Art in Bologna There is so much undiscovered beauty in this city, it's crazy. It is so historically laden and rich in culture. I loved the various street caricatures, some political, some fun. Red Red EVERYWHERE Bologna resembles Toulouse a lot in that everything is red and it's very much the "pink city" of Italy. Its a treat for the eyes. I have a blogpost on Toulouse. For reading it, click here . There are a lot of simil...