day 4
next day, we went around the tuscany region. went to a wine factory and saw how they made the wine. the view was marvellous and there even was a swimming pool overlooking the hills~!!!


so cool! and we had a wine tasting session but i didnt like wine. and then after that we went to sienna, a town on a hill. there were many backalleys and it was damn easy to get lost in there. dad sneaked away from the group to buy a large can of beer. ugh. he's always looking for beer you know. saw a stall selling watermelons and they were huge. i hope the pic is able to show its size. and then we had lunch at a fast food restaurant called ciao restaurant. ciao is an italian greeting by the way.

dad loves this picture a lot.

watermelons.

the oyster-shape plaza in sienna.

after that, the tour guide took us to a church which has the finger of st catherine or something like that. on the way i saw a graffiti with zidane's name on it! yay but sadly i didnt take a picture of it and i regretted it immensely.

the church from afar.

view of sienna.

after the church visit, we went to florence, and we had to walk really fast because time was running out. but i took many nice photos anyway.

one of my favourite photos.

went to a place where there was a statue of david. the david vs goliath statue. a replica of michalangelo's. i don't take pictures of statues because they usually don't wear anything. the tour guide says that dr m specially made david's head bigger than usual because this represents a relatively small guy can defeat a huge monster. and this also means that a small town like florence can have a big influence over the others. ya. saw this interesting statue.

"steal my football and you'll die!"

haha ya. and there was a statue of medusa's head being cut off but i didnt take any pictures. and there's another statue that shows u a person's face no matter where you see it. ya. but the women are naked, and therefore i didnt take any pictures.

after that was a hasty walk to the river. or the canal. i don't know what they call it, but it's a water body nonetheless. the tour guide brought us to this bridge which was spared from destruction during the world war 2 by hitler. it is called ponte vecchio, which means bridge vecchio in italian. because he wanted to use the bridge for his tanks and troops to cross the canal. or river. and by the way ponte vecchio leads to rome. but then, all roads lead to rome.

on vecchio
the bridge from afar.


about that picture above, the tour guide says that the characters from 'a hongkong tv series that involves aeroplanes' dated here or something. he couldnt recall the name but i knew (because i know this certain person who is obsessed with this particular tv series). triumph in the skies! i said. and so i took this pic specially for the certain person and she was damn jealous! haha!!!!!!!!!!!!

the sun was setting (it was about 8pm when i took that above pic) and i took this picture of ponte vecchio and i love it so much!!!!!!!!

awwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!

and then we went to a higher ground with a superb view of florence, italy. yay! i love florence.




ponte vecchio and the dome of a cathedral! awwww the view was sooooooo breathtaking ahhhhh!!!!!!!

back at the hotel i had smoked ham, and it's so salty it's like eating salt. my dad hated it also. bah. shouldnt have ordered smoked ham and shouldve gone for the traditional spaghetti. whatever. went to bed that night eagerly awaiting the trip to venice the next day. :D