In Florence

It's Thursday, and I'm late with my posts. So, much has happened since we left Cinque Terre. So, I'll try to remember as much as possible in this post.
The adventures started before we left the five lands. We missed our train from La Spezia to Pisa. How this happened. In Italy trains are late quite often, but if you are buying tea or coffee before boarding your train, the one who is late will be you.
So, we bought tickets for next train which was an hour later. And for the ride from Pisa to Florence we still could use our regional train ticket. On the other hand, when we arrived to Florence we didn't have too much time before we could head to our accommodation location. First place we went to was tourist information center and we found a Lithuanian girl working there - she gave us not only the tips what is worth to see in Florence in such a short time, but also told us how to get to our place.
We stayed at Clara's place, which we found on airbnb. Clara is a 60 -ish Italian woman or should I say mama. She doesn't speak English very well, but you can still figure things out somehow. She even let us leave our bags the next day, so we wouldn't carry them with ourselves while enjoying last hours in Florence.
The weather in Florence was not too friendly, it was not raining, but the sun was shy and hiding behind the clouds, the wind was strong and unexpected. We ended up walking here and there. It was Monday and most of the museums were not working anyway.
First thing we did - we went to eat - to the market near Piazza del Mercato Centrale - it looks like a huge cantine where you can taste different regional foods from all over Italy. We were just fine with spaghetti and gnocchi and a cannoli for dessert.
Lots of squares in Florence have street musicians playing one or another instrument. We listened to a guitarist from Poland performing Italian songs, a accordionist with a slavic name playing tangos and to the cellist at the Uffizi gallery piazza (he was performing classical music, I think it was the suites of Bach that he was playing). It was my birthday on Monday, so, finally we went to have dinner and drink some wine.
Next morning we decided to explore the other side of the river Arno and see the treasures hidden in the gardens of Boboli and Bardini. Those treasures appeared to be the spectacular panoramas of Florence.
Our train was about to leave right before 6pm, but was late as always. We were going to Caserta and had to switch trains in Rome. with 15 minutes delay and having only 20 minutes to switch the trains - we were not feeling at ease. We ran with our aching feet and heavy backpacks on the backs, and we made it to the train right before it left.
To conclude, Florence is a lot nicer in the evening when all the street merchants are already gone home. And if you add the street music concerts, it makes the city worth visiting. But maybe reserve more than 24 hours for it.