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Day 10: Florence
We started the day with a major bummer: Bradley left for home bright and early, which makes me really sad. I miss him already and I'm jealous that he gets to see our pooch and smoosh his little Louie face. There are a ton of dogs in Europe, by the way, and people bring them everywhere with them. We have FaceTimed with Lou a couple times to make us (me) feel better... but I digress. Anyway, I miss my husband a lot. Today's drizzly, cold weather matched the gloominess of Bradley's ...
Rainy Days in Firenze
... of the city gates to return home. At the time the country was feuding and Florence had built large walls to protect itself.
Donatello was commissioned to create 44 stained glass windows, at a time when the most had been only 15. The glass was too heavy for the marble and they had to be reinforced with brick, so only a few of the windows are lit by the sun.
Brunelleschi was commissioned to build the dome. He had wanted to built the neighboring ...
Walking Tour of Florence (Firenze)
Today was another lazy start to the day after a poor nights sleep. The bed is hard as a rock and the pillows are way toooo soft. It took until after midnight to eventually fall asleep without any pillow. This morning when I woke I found Christine up with the boys watching tv. After sitting with them for a short time and having my cereal I then took myself outside with a cup of tea and my iPad. I lay in the sun, by the pool, listening to TOFOP podcasts. Great way ...
Firenze!
... That night, we met back up with Francesco and he took us to the pizza place where the cast of the Jersey Shore used to eat. NO! of course we didn't eat there, I boycotted it. Instead, we went to Francesco'a favorite pizza place and it was pretty good, but not better than Borderline! Then we went back to his house, hungout for a while and went to sleep. He had a pullout couch for Julie and I to sleep on and we felt so comfortable at his ...
Into Italy!
... The bible that is LP informed me that Florence:
“Has a strange effect on people, travelers who normally loathe art galleries queue for hours to get into them, and people with no interest in Renaissance architecture start raving about tiered façades and frescoes apses."
We shall see..
Before we started a walking tour I was saved by a cafe. As a confessed caffeine snob I don’t ...
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