Mrs. Toucan, Boston
Age and Occupation: 25, Full-time Research Assistant, Part-time Graduate Student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Actuary
Engagement Date: February 18, 2007
Wedding Date: June 7, 2008
Blogging Since: November 07, 2007
Venue: St. Catherine of Genoa, Jin Asian Cuisine Restaurant
About Me: I’m a Gemini to the extreme. On one side, I’m a girly girl. I read countless bridal and fashion magazines, and have an obsession with keeping up with the latest Hollywood gossip. On the other side, I’m a sports fanatic. Despite being a full-time bride-to be, full-time research assistant, and part-time student, I’m also a full-time Red Sox fan from spring training to October, and a full-time Patriots fan from mini-camp to February. I devote almost as much time researching my for fantasy football team as researching for our wedding!
The Toucans Go On Honeymoon, Part 3
July 15th, 2008 @ 10:58 am by Mrs. Toucan
Part 1: The New Mrs. Toucan Gets In Trouble with THE MAN
Part 2: The Toucans Go to Venice
After our stay in Venice, we hopped onto a EuroStar train and headed to Florence!
You know you are a tourist when you take pictures on the train
A few hours and one short cab ride later, we arrived at our hotel, The Hermitage Hotel. The Hermitage Hotel was probably our favorite hotel on our whole trip. It was the best value (and the cheapest hotel we stayed at), and the only place where we got upgraded for free!
Our upgraded room- two things of note: 1. See our complimentary bottle of wine on the window sill? And 2. You can just barely see it, but our view was of the Arno River.
Another good point of the hotel - the rooftop terrace:
The view from the roof top terrace where we had breakfast every morning.
Perhaps Mr. Toucan’s favorite part of the hotel - the cappuccinos we had at breakfast.
Happy cappuccinos! The reason why I know this was probably Mr. T’s favorite part of the hotel - we have about 3497234 pictures of happy little cups of cappuccino.
Anyway, enough about our hotel. It’s on to some of the sights of Florence!
The Duomo:
Here, we are climbing the steps to get up to the top of the Duomo dome.
Up at the top of the dome! We could see all of Florence!
Mr. Toucan in front of the Baptistery doors
Pitti Palace:
The Uffizi gallery:
We also went to the Accademia Gallery, where Michelango’s “David” is located. Unfortunately, the outside of the Uffizi is all I can show you! In many of art galleries and churches, photography is strictly prohibited!
As in Venice, we also went to a lot of great restaurants in Florence. One thing we made sure to do was to try some of the local specialties:
Mrs. Toucan with wine and a very, very large t-bone steak (Bistecca all Fiorentina).
I should also note that I did, in fact, eat that entire thing!
After I do my recap on Rome, I plan to do some follow-up food posts of where we ate and what we had. Because, apparently, food makes me really happy:
Or maybe I was just really, really hungry. I think Mr. Toucan was pretty hungry, too:
It’s entirely possible since the Italians tend to eat dinner later than Americans (8pm or later) that we probably were starving…but more on that later!
Stay tuned for our adventures in Rome next!
10 Responses to “The Toucans Go On Honeymoon, Part 3”
I love the view from the rooftop!! So amazing!
Becky
Aww, I spent the last week of my international studies program in ital, and we went to venice, florence, and rome too! Its so funny seeing you at all the places we went! Looks like you had a blast though
Ahhhhhh I freaking love Italy. I can’t wait to see more, more, more.
When I was in Rome, I took pictures of every single thing we ate. There is something really fun about being able to relive your adventures through the pictures, why shouldn’t you be able to relive your food as well? Those happy cappuccinos are making me giggle.
i looove florence. i lived there for five weeks last summer, and didn’t realize how much i missed it until this post.
by the way, that clock-tower building is the palazzo vecchio. it used to be the city hall or what-not. it’s just right next to the uffizi. 
Ooooh that t-bone!! Sounds fab - you both look so happy and glowing AND MARRIED!WOO!
I am SO jealous! I have always wanted to go to Italy with a romantic partner. I lived there(Florence) for 6 months (study abroad) and vowed to never return without a loved one:)
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