melissa grace kreider

The third thing I experienced that I had never seen before?

Notte Bianca (White Night).

Let me set it up for you: close to 11 pm, freshly off of the plane from Amsterdam, taxi driver having major road rage, getting into the city center near the train station.

People.

Everywhere.

After being away from Florence for so long, I had no idea what had been going on there, and I walked into once of the biggest, craziest block parties in Florence. Right smack dab in the middle. I still have really no idea what was going on theme-wise, but there were people everywhere. Stores were open until 6am, there was live music in every single piazza, and art installations projected on major buildings.

A video on the Pitti Palace.

 Piazza Santo SpiritoIt was hoppin', to say the least. I didn't stick around to do more than take some photos, get the feel of it and of course, buy gelato....no shame!

Ciao for now,

-m.