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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 ...
David in Florence
... ever... Dean actually paused momentarily in his tracks.. Getting there in the evening was the best decision we had made, there were no where near as many people and we could get a perfect view from all angles, they even let us take photo's for a while.
So brilliant is the workmanship, Dean noticed that the facial recognition software on our camera recognises the face of ...
Florence: Are you the real David? or fake David?
... destination. I would have missed Milan out, if it wasn't for the fact that it is home to Di Vinci's 'The Last Supper', however reading my guide book I see tickets book out months in advance and looking online, this is true. However, the lady at reception spent the afternoon on an engaged phone and managed to get me tickets for 2 days time. Cant even begin to tell you how grateful I was that it wasn't going to be a wasted visit.
Next stop ...
Tuscany
... trip a bit and enjoy some good food as I have done the past few days in Italy. I flew into Pisa and immediately jumped on a city bus which took me to the Leaning Tower within 15 minutes. Since my hotel in Pisa was right by the Square which contains Pisa's Baptistery, Cathedral, and world famous tower I was able to drop off my bag and visit the 3 sights of Pisa in less than an hour after arriving. I ...
Food Field Trip & Carnevale
... s Day is definitely a big holiday for Italians. In Piazza Delle Repubblica, which is 2 minutes away, there was a week long chocolate festival going on. There were so many stands set up early in the morning till dark selling any type of sweets imaginable. Homemade chocolate sauces, liquor, fudge, cakes, chocolate dipped fruits and pastries....and this was on the way to my classes! The fair ...