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Welcome to Florence
We left at 10am with the aim to be in the car with the air-con on at the hot time of the day. We had swapped a book at Jane and Ian's and also swapped some wine so we have some in a screw top. Jane had a screw top bottle as the Italians are creatures of habit and still use corks.
The drive went well. We got the Tom-Tom to choose a non-toll …
Discovering Florence
Breakfast was coffee, fresh fruit, cereal and croissants – we passed on the bread as like so often in Italy, it was tasteless. Jane pointed out that the bread here doesn't have salt in it and hence has no real flavour. Then we bought a bus ticket at the Tabacci and caught the 37 bus into the city.
We had checked out hop on buses on …
Day 10: Florence
... Michelangelo, which is on the top of a hill and overlooks the entirety of Florence across the river. My God, was it beautiful. Not only could we see the whole city, but also tumbling Tuscan hills with Cyprus trees and an old city wall unrolling into the distance. Not a bad couple of hours to spend in the afternoon. The hike up to Piazzale Michelangelo was strenuous, so we took our time coming back down the hill and across the river on our way to Santa Croce, a cathedral that houses ...
Day 6 - Florence's Final Stand
So today's entry will probably be short and sweet. We woke up about 8:00AM to exploit the delicious free 5 course breakfast... And might I add, it was just as delicious the 2nd time around... And I made an ass out of myself once again (no wonder Europeans hate Americans) After Breakfast we headed straight back to the hotel room. Here we spent the next several hours just being lazy, talking, and just enjoying the kickass hotel room we ...