Bicycle Tuscany Florence

... going to the market and pottering around in the kitchen with the produce I have bought. I spent this weekend wandering around Florence (see photos), and particularly enjoyed the church and cemetery of San Miniato al Monte, which has stunning views across ...

... at the shops after this. Finally found a pair of sunglasses that I liked enough to buy and got some other stuff to remember Florence. Wireless internet is finally working in the hotel so I could upload the last couple of blog entries and just in time so ...

... days in Tuscany Italy have left me both speechless with its beauty and overloaded with its art. From Chinqueterre to Florence I have seen stunning landscapes, medieval towns and countless pieces of art everywhere, literally. After a few days you start ...

... 17:            It was a bit of a boring trek north to Firenze (Florence) on Autostrada, but we found the Michaelangelo Campground quite easily. It is up on the hill near the wonderful viewpoint, Piazzale ...

... week of classes have ended and it's been going well.  I feel as if I've been in Florence for a while now.  I am taking Italian II, Italy Since 1870, Italian Renaissance, and Antiquities to Michelangelo, which is an art history class.  ...

... by a wall that dates back to medieval times. The wall is unique due to its thickness. Currently restricted to pedestrian and bicycle traffic as recently as the late 1980s it was accessible by vehicular traffic. Our guide Sylvia met us at would be ...

... the journey home. We stopped for a quick gelato and a few happy snaps before we arrived back at base camp. Arriving back in Florence we exchanged numbers and helped Katherine into a taxi to the hospital to meet her mum and dad. It turned out Clive had ...

The continual list of observations from Florence continues, as usual: 1. Chinese food in Italy is fantastic!! We went to a fabulous place around the corner from the school, and of course the mark of how good asian restaurants are is how many asians ...

Our hotel finding experience in Florence was a lot better than Venice! We only made one wrong exit on a roundabout before we were able to find it. Once we got settled in our hotel we decided that we needed to do laundry, some of our clothes were still ...

... he slipped and fell back on the tile floor, too busy watching the soccer to think his child may need a bath mat on a slippy wet floor...both boys to bed and time to fully relax and finish the wine... I hear Florence calling my name.... More ...