This travel photo blog won the 1st Singapore Blog Awards'08 - Best Photo Blog by OMY, S'pore Press Holdings. Welcome to tour around the world in my cyber corner! We stayed at Michelangelo Campsite , the cheapest stay in our trip, only around €10 per night. per person. There were no light and electricity in the tent, only two single bed. We used our mini torch to shine at our bags to get clothes for bathing. The bathrooms were some distance away from our tent.
As we walked through the campsite to the bathrooms, we passed by a garbage site and saw fireflies! I had never seen fireflies in the wild and seeing such magical insects hovering at the garbage was never a picture formed in my mind when I was reading fairy tales in my childhood!
It was fun at the camp site, though with bare necessities. We picnic in the night at the terrace, overlooking Florence under the dark sky. After picnic, as we were walking back to the tent, all of us suddenly realised that we were only wearing shorts after bathing, and had forgotten that it was night time in the cold! We dashed back to our tents, as fast as we could, all shivering in the cold wind.
In the middle of the night, the cold air crept under my blanket and I woke up trembling. I learnt something - tuck in the blanket under the mattress so that no cold air could invade!
January 12th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
hi Eunice! your pictures of Florence are so beautiful! I know this campsite, but never slept here, obviously I use to sleep in my own home when I’m in Florence :-D
but I usually suggest it for a cheap accomodation in town!
January 13th, 2009 at 11:11 am
@Claudia: Hi! Oh yes Michelangelo Campsite is cheap for backpackers like us! I think it’s like around 10euro/night, but must remember to bring torchlight cos there is no electricity in the tent.