MOC Day 11 - On This Day (Florence right side)
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August 7, 2016
Florence, Italy
We climbed the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral. Filippo Brunelleschi designed the dome with an inner shell and an outer shell. The stairs wind between the two. There were 463 stairs to reach the top. Tim had pre booked our time for the climb; the line for the climb was more than 1 and a half hours.
We weren't the first in but we were close. It took us till 1:40 to reach the top. The view was lovely as was the breeze. The stairs were hardest at first. We were going too fast. I couple short breathers and a long wait on a landing helped. When you get close to the top you run into people going down. There is some overlap in the routes. At the very top the stairs are almost a ladder. We had to wait awhile before we could go up.
We got down around 2:10. We got drinks (diet coke and nestea). We checked out the Duomo gift shop then hurried to the train station and got there with 7 minutes to spare. The group boarded the train at 2:55 and the train carried us back to Livorno. Then we got on a bus to the ship.