Anan was out of town when we arrived so we met with Gabriel who was awesome. He was waiting on the street for us to arrive and showed us up to the apartment. The apartment was incredible! It was so much nicer than in the photos. It was modern and clean with great air conditioning!! it was so hot on the day that we arrived and it was so nice to have a cool place to stay. Gabriel gave us a map and showed us were the nearby markets were. Then he showed us how to get to all of the great places to see in Florence. There were hundreds of stores and restaurants nearby and several historical sites. Gabriel told us not to miss the sunset from the Piazzale Michelangelo so we took a 15-20 minute walk across the river, and he was absolutely right. The view of the sun setting over Florence was spectacular and one of the highlights of our trip.
We loves our time in Italy and we will definitely be staying in Anan's place the next time we visit Florence.