Boboli Gardens

Yesterday (Friday)... I know I am a day behind again but I just get too lazy at the end of the day to write about what I did. So, yesterday morning we awoke at 11 to thunder, lighting, and pouring rain, it was very depressing because we thought we were going to be stuck inside of the whole day but we laid in bed for another hour and magically the sun came out and blue skies were surrounding us. It does not rain here EVERY day but we definitely do not see blue skies every day either. We went to lunch at Ganzo and it was actually so warm that I had to take my jacket off, the temperature was probably in the low 60's, which to me is quite warm compared to the temperatures we had all week. After lunch, the sun was still shining so we decided to take advantage of the weather and visit the Boboli Gardens. These gardens were laid out for the Medici Family in 1550. They contain symmetrical box hedges and contrasting groves of wild ilex and cypress trees. The gardens were then opened to the public in 1766 (taken from my Guide Book) but seriously the gardens were amazing and I had no idea what to expect upon entering but it was so beautiful and at the top, you could see more amazing views of the city and of the country side too. We were in the gardens for over 2 hours and probably still did not see all of it. I wish that it was free to enter the gardens because I would go back there often but it costs 7 euro but definitely well worth the entrance fee. At one point, my roommate, friend, and I stopped at this marble stone and had like a photo shoot for twenty minutes, it was so funny, I felt like I was taking my senior pictures all over again. One of my friends has a really nice Canon camera so we were having fun with that and now I officially want a better camera! Then we saw this really cool fountain that ran down one of the pathways and we were really thirsty so we took a drink and we also thought it would be fun to take pictures of each other drinking the water. Of course, the water was rain water but it was running along a stone wall so it probably was not sanitary nor healthy to drink at all but we did not see a sign so we drank it anyways. Then later on we saw many other fountains with signs that said "Unfit for drinking"... but I'm still alive today so the water must not have been that horrible. The weather was beautiful all day so of course we had to end the day with Gelato and it was at a place we had yet to try. It was really good because they make it all fresh there and it was nice too because we got to sit down and relax for a few and even watch some music videos. We even got to see "We Are The World" music video with all different kinds of artists who recorded the song for Hope for Haiti. You should check it out on You Tube. It was a great end to a great day. I have been trying to upload my pictures to Facebook for all you to see but it won't allow me too, it is very frustrating because I have over 200 new pictures to upload for you all to see but you'll have to bear with me.