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Days 11 and 12: Pisa, Florence and Rome
... so we stayed in while Tom and Mom went to the Uffizi and Dad went to a market. We all went out to a dinner that was FANTASTIC, and possibly had too much wine. Afterward, Tom bought some Absinthe for a party back at our place, and we all drank and played music and sang and had so much fun! We laughed a whole lot! Today, we spent most of the day in transit from Florence to Rome, with a 1-hour train delay to boot. But when we got in, Julie and ...
Tuscany
... coming out- they all had a tomato/herb base and then one variety had red onions on it, another had eggplant and the other type had mushrooms on them. I was amazed by how tasty they were even though they didn't have a lot of different toppings on them. Some of the older kids were allowed to help roll out the dough and hand out the pizzas which they enjoyed. It was a lovely atmosphere with people mingling, music playing, whilst eating lovely food and watching the sun set over ...
Busy day in Firenze
... broke tradition by adding a bit of perspective to the otherwise "flat" Byzantine art -- he was about 100 years ahead of his times) and there was a crucifix by Donatello. There was a bunch of other stuff too but it's frankly a bit overwhelming!
One of the things we've been doing in the evenings is reading ahead what we're going to see as well as pre-listening to some of the podcasts -- then it's more familiar when we get into the ...
Fabulous Florence
... line and climb the dome before the crowds arrive later in the day. We wait less than 10 minutes before the doors open, we enter to pay our entrance fee and begin our ascent to the top of the dome. There are over 400 steps up varying degrees of steepness and windyness. At some points, you have to lean and duck your head as it is a dome you are climbing. We make it to the first level which winds you on the inside around the base of the dome where we can admire the paintings on ...
Passing Thru
At last! My bus trip is finished! I caught a local bus south to Tavarnelle. I panicked and got off too soon but I wasn't too far off. I just kept walking and asked directions a couple times and found my hostel ...
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