Albergo Giovanni da Verrazzano Greve

We arrived from Lucca just in time for a sublime sunset... it was like the sky was on fire!! See photos!!<br>I was a bit pooped so I opted to stay in the scoobs reading and relaxing while Kim headed into the village to scope it out. <br>Next morning started with a beautiful sunrise which was quickly replaced by some storm clouds. Fortunatly the storm passed over without parting with a drop of rain and we had sun again when we both headed ...

... room in the afternoon and played cards on the terrace and drank the last of our beer. People were gathering under our terrace to take pictures and we had the terrace all to ourselves. This place has been so friendly and wonderful. Coletta and her sister E'letta have been such help. I think I spelled the names wrong and will check when I get home. We went back to the square to have another gigantic slice of ...

... the knee. Very, very chic and way out of Missouri league. Anyway, we will be here tomorrow and since we took pictures of almost anything worth seeing we will send what we have today and probably not have much tomorrrow. Oh, but tomorrow in Palio Campo square it is market day, aka flea market. All the tables were set up today so that will be interesting and we will be doing some wash. Talk to you all tomorrow and signing out for now......<br>Love Mick and Lisa

... Once it is finished and the black screen appears again do not close out as now you can hit the white arrow and watch it without interruption because it is fully downloaded. So hit the arrow the first time and walk away then come back and when it is the black screen again hit the arrow and you won't have any interruptions.<br>Chow

... to the table. We strolled to our seats, which were at a table for four with two others who had arrived earlier (part of the Il Latini culture), and gazed above at the endless swine rumps hanging from the ceiling. The table had a huge bottle of half full red wine and the first course was nothing but pork in various forms. Needless to say, this wasn't the best culinary choice for Kate's taste, and she did her best. She asked for no ...

... look like succulent plant leaves. It is very lush for an area that doesn't usually get much rain..... I think that I hear hunters outside right now. Lots of dogs (sounds like a group of them) are really barking and we heard gunshots earlier. Maybe they are hunting for boar - we haven't seen any yet. But I would like too!<br><br><br>Oh, and also along our walk we saw a large group of people having a party outside (looked like ...

... was pretty intense. We had this with almond cookies which were really good. I got very sleepy on the bus ride home, must have been all the wine. Jordana and I walked around all day and hung out doing random things. Tomorrow starts day 1 of studying for my midterms, cannot wait until this week is over and I get to go to Germany and Austria!

... Uffizi at 7:40am to get in when it opened at 8:15. Well worth it though, we able to wander through the extensive galleries without the crowds for which this place is famous. When we left a few hours later there were probably 400 waiting in the queue to get in. After lunch we hit the Galleria d'Academia to see David, and he is Big, standing 4.8 metres high. How Michealangelo carved it from one hunk of rock is just ...

... then we got thoroughly rained out just after visiting the Duomo! That meant we had to cut the visit a bit short, which was unfortunate, but we did get a good impression of the place. The main square, Piazza del Campo, is certainly among the most unique I've seen in Italy, with its sloping, wide-open plaza sweeping down towards the Palazzo Publico. And the Duomo itself was a real marvel - an amazingly ornate white Gothic cathedral with its front facade a ...

... or other times, but its really amazing. We had a blast in Florence that evening at the restaurant up in the hills. There were 4 contiki groups there- so about 200 people in this restaurant. The food and wine was awesome. There was dancing and singing. They passed out the words to Italian songs and we all sang along. It was probably my favorite night. From there we headed on to the Italian discoteque which was an experience in itself! Oh Florence......I will come see you again!