Best Western Galileo Palace Hotel Arezzo

Hello everyone,<br>We had such fun today!! The square had it's first ever market day or flea market. It was filled with cheeses which by the way Percino was our favorite and the fresh sliced procuitto was unbelievable. We just walked around all day. The first part of the day we did two loads of wash and dry which cost $18 us dollars. Then we had wine free and paid and had a great time. We then came back to ...

... of me. She yelled at me and I snapped my hand back. In Italy the Italians eat at the counters after ordering and stand there and eat. It was funny, Mick and I were laughing and then decided we should order a little of meat and sausage. In Rick's book it talks about a picnic lunch they make for around 15 euros. I told the guy just small plate, please. Well 21 euros later the stupid americans were taken again. We went to our balcony and drank some wine and ...

I hope this works, it has been hard to attach some of the video because it times out. FYI to all my not so computer literate friends and family. When you first open the video, it will start and then stop in the middle to keep reloading and then start and stop again. This can get frustrating but is necessary until it is completely ...

... like we knew what we were looking at and of course I was talking when a young girl named Meghan came up to us and helped. Yes, a Meghan wow it was great. We talked to her and she was here on her own from Washington going to med school for free because she was volunteering at the hospital. She stays with an Italian family and she said it is O.K. We followed her and then she went one way and we ...

Well, our last day in Arezzo.<br>My haircut turned out OK I think.<br>Turns out that the head (excuse the pun) hairdresser had lived in Australia for a few years, and although she couldn't remember much english, I emerged unscathed sans mohawk!<br> <br>We spent the last day wandering the streets of Arezzo in the raiin and discovered new nooks and crannies, it's that sort of town ...

... are overwhelmed by the numerous shops and hawking Italian meats, cheeses, fresh fish, pigs brains, hooves, biscottis - you name it! We have a great roast beef sandwich at Nerbone's for lunch. (Smig) don't forget about the calamari risotto and the vino della casa rosso!!! (Erica) Now we grab our luggage and catch a cab to the car rental place. I snack on a few biscotti's (cookies) while waiting for Dave to get our car. We get an upgraded ...

Hello folks, Just a quick update from Tuscany. Arezzo is a very pretty and very easy place to be. Had some rain for two days, including my trip to Cortona but it didnt ruin it for me at all. But there was definitely no "Tuscan Sun". Went to Siena today, but definitely prefer Cortona and Arezzo as there are too many tourists in Siena. I hear what you are saying. I too am a tourist. However ...

... sullen silence, showed us to our rooms. Jon and I were elated and went out for a night on the town. The next day was all Florence, and we went to the Degliuffizi museum which houses many famous works of art about which I know next to nothing. After a two hour wait in line I saw the Birth of Venus by Boticelli, the work which Jon assures me ussured in the Renaissance. I'll take his word for it. I also viewed da Vinci's ...

... that form the core of this astounding collection. The Madonna and Child by Masolino is there. Botticelli's Birth of Venus is there as is the Allegory of Spring. Leonardo da Vinci's famed The Annunciation is there, as are multiple works from Michelangelo, Raphael, Pontormo and Il Rosso Firrentino. Besides Italians, the Flemish school is well represented by Rubens and Van Dyck. The list goes on and it can't be recounted here. All I can say is that if you ever have the ...

... the room and bed looked great. The staff was extremely helpful, giving me a city map, higlighting the places I needed to see and the places I did not, and even offer me internet access. And then there is Fufi, the cat. Sometimes he liked me, other times he wanted to bite me, but I could not help but love him with missing my cats at home. I had some time on my hands so I got to the duomo and Piazza Michaelangelo. More coming soon, but got to go. Bed time in Firenze.