Europe Day 3

Day 3 saw me & Vedika alone as Anish left for work. We ate some quick breakfast, came up got all ready to leave for the city. After getting our bus tickets from the hotel receptionist we headed to the bus stop just opposite to our hotel. Bus no 22 took us right outside Duomo. From there we walked around, trying to find something for lunch. We decided to sit at one of the cafes on Piazza della Republica. Ordered Tagliatelle with Funghi, which again was highly O.K. totally not worth 10 euros I paid for it ! Then Vedika wanted to sit in the Carousel for a ride on the pony. I decided to treat her to it as Florence is not a city for her age kids & there's not much entertainment for her. She did really enjoy it. Then i headed towards Uffizi & from there I took a l-o-n-g walk alongside the River Arno while vedika napped in her stroller. I did some sketching after 7-8 years and though the sketch hardly turned out to what i wanted it to be, it was ok for me as i just wanted to start somewhere !! From there i walked back towards Santa Croce which i had not seen before. & i loved it from outside. I'm gonna try to visit it from inside in the next few days. After that i saw Dante's home & then walked back towards Piazza della Republica & from there towards the bus stop. We reached at the hotel a little exhausted as it was very hot outside ! We got refreshed just in time for Anish to pick us up for dinner at an Indian restaurant called Haveli. Really awesome yummy indian food I've eaten outside of India has been in Florence !! We picked up a few groceries at Coop on the way back to the hotel ! Just a perfect end to the perfect day !! :)